Scherer Surname
Approximately 79,911 people bear this surname
Scherer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 36,573 | 1:2,201 | 190 |
| United States | 19,149 | 1:18,928 | 2,382 |
| Brazil | 12,526 | 1:17,090 | 856 |
| France | 3,076 | 1:21,594 | 2,513 |
| Switzerland | 2,931 | 1:2,802 | 342 |
| Austria | 1,659 | 1:5,133 | 583 |
| Canada | 804 | 1:45,828 | 5,631 |
| Argentina | 603 | 1:70,885 | 6,022 |
| Australia | 316 | 1:85,429 | 9,880 |
| Hungary | 310 | 1:31,665 | 3,468 |
| Italy | 259 | 1:236,126 | 32,332 |
| England | 185 | 1:301,179 | 22,911 |
| Netherlands | 182 | 1:92,787 | 15,250 |
| Paraguay | 141 | 1:51,324 | 1,469 |
| Luxembourg | 136 | 1:4,269 | 584 |
| Chile | 129 | 1:136,562 | 4,806 |
| New Zealand | 104 | 1:43,542 | 7,204 |
| Thailand | 82 | 1:861,443 | 136,584 |
| Spain | 66 | 1:708,364 | 30,810 |
| Belgium | 62 | 1:185,430 | 24,739 |
| Russia | 62 | 1:2,324,565 | 137,882 |
| Denmark | 51 | 1:110,681 | 10,317 |
| Mexico | 50 | 1:2,482,524 | 20,876 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| Namibia | 45 | 1:53,542 | 6,362 |
| Sweden | 39 | 1:252,481 | 17,476 |
| South Africa | 36 | 1:1,504,936 | 77,557 |
| Slovakia | 26 | 1:205,248 | 33,808 |
| Poland | 25 | 1:1,520,350 | 87,293 |
| Norway | 23 | 1:223,578 | 24,793 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Czechia | 20 | 1:531,673 | 54,411 |
| Ecuador | 18 | 1:883,658 | 13,769 |
| Philippines | 13 | 1:7,787,556 | 197,164 |
| Romania | 10 | 1:2,007,787 | 54,092 |
| China | 10 | 1:136,732,157 | 7,199 |
| Finland | 9 | 1:610,745 | 34,002 |
| Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
| Kazakhstan | 8 | 1:2,210,312 | 95,036 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Hong Kong | 6 | 1:1,222,580 | 5,222 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 1:1,832,455 | 58,414 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Tuvalu | 1 | 1:11,188 | 103 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 15 | 1:1,625,025 | 53,310 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,867 | 1:26,898 | 3,301 |
The alternate forms: Schérer (5) are calculated separately.
Scherer (92) may also be a first name.
Scherer Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) One who cut hair, a barber.
User-submitted Reference
The Scherer surname derives from the word for a person, who cuts hair and beards, as well as performed small surgical jobs for the poor.
- avastrawberryScherer Demographics
Average Scherer Salary in
United States
$48,204 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Scherer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Scherer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Scherer is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Schérer. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Scherer? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,103rd most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 91,196 people. The last name Scherer occurs predominantly in Europe, where 57 percent of Scherer are found; 56 percent are found in Western Europe and 52 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 992,070th most prevalent given name world-wide. It is borne by 92 people.
The last name Scherer is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 36,573 people, or 1 in 2,201. In Germany it is most numerous in: Baden-Württemberg, where 23 percent live, Bavaria, where 22 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 15 percent live. Barring Germany this last name is found in 81 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 24 percent live and Brazil, where 16 percent live.
Scherer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Scherer has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 1,026 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 1,233 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 67 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Scherer Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Scherer surname are 15.36% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.13% being registered with the political party.
The amount Scherer earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 9.1% more than the national average, earning €32,764 per year; in Norway they earn 144.75% more than the national average, earning 847,030 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 25.92% more than the national average, earning R 299,232 per year; in United States they earn 11.72% more than the national average, earning $48,204 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.71% more than the national average, earning $55,004 CAD per year.
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Scherer Reference & Research
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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
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