Scher Surname
Approximately 7,294 people bear this surname
Scher Surname Definition:
(German) One who caught moles; a contraction of Scherer, q.v.
Scher Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,512 | 1:80,332 | 9,141 |
| Brazil | 791 | 1:270,638 | 10,417 |
| France | 535 | 1:124,155 | 18,857 |
| Argentina | 388 | 1:110,163 | 9,303 |
| Germany | 218 | 1:369,291 | 35,132 |
| Hungary | 186 | 1:52,776 | 5,593 |
| South Africa | 159 | 1:340,740 | 31,565 |
| Canada | 97 | 1:379,851 | 33,859 |
| England | 95 | 1:586,506 | 35,379 |
| Italy | 62 | 1:986,398 | 69,332 |
| Australia | 43 | 1:627,807 | 44,139 |
| Israel | 37 | 1:231,287 | 21,601 |
| Austria | 28 | 1:304,123 | 34,120 |
| Uruguay | 19 | 1:180,619 | 14,948 |
| Russia | 18 | 1:8,006,836 | 292,169 |
| New Zealand | 17 | 1:266,372 | 23,826 |
| Sweden | 15 | 1:656,450 | 48,545 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Croatia | 10 | 1:422,860 | 35,095 |
| Slovakia | 7 | 1:762,350 | 73,078 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Jordan | 3 | 1:2,947,479 | 21,051 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 20 | 1:221,493 | 10,092 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 105 | 1:478,273 | 34,042 |
The alternate forms: Schér (14) are calculated separately.
Scher (55) may also be a first name.
Scher Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) One who caught moles; a contraction of Scherer, q.v.
Scher Demographics
Scher Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Scher Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Scher Come From? nationality or country of origin
Scher (Russian: Щер) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Schér. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Scher? popularity and diffusion
The surname Scher is the 68,111th most widely held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 999,115 people. The last name Scher occurs mostly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Scher live; 63 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,336,256th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 55 people.
The last name Scher is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 4,512 people, or 1 in 80,332. In The United States it is primarily found in: New York, where 25 percent live, California, where 14 percent live and Florida, where 10 percent live. Barring The United States Scher occurs in 45 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 11 percent live and France, where 7 percent live.
Scher Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Scher has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Scher last name increased 4,297 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 9,500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Scher Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Jewish (50%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Scher last name are 39.45% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 92.68% being registered with the political party.
The amount Scher earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 134.45% more than the national average, earning R 557,148 per year; in United States they earn 27.79% more than the national average, earning $55,138 USD per year and in Canada they earn 33.03% more than the national average, earning $66,092 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Scher Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Scher in the Russian language | ||
| Щер | ser | - |
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Scher Reference & Research
Asher FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Scher
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