How Many People Have the Last Name Sheriff?
people had the surname Sheriff in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 63,291 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+713 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Sheriff (60.8%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 29.6%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Sheriff ranks #5,524. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic Black share rose from 19.8% to 29.6%, and the non-Hispanic White share fell from 69.9% to 60.8%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Sheriff grew from 3,944 people in 2000 to 4,657 in 2010 (up 18.1%), and its rank rose from #7,769 to #7,180.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 3,944 | 4,657 |
| Rank | #7,769 | #7,180 |
| Per 100,000 people | 1.46 | 1.58 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Sheriff
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Sheriff: S610
👤 Sheriff as a First Name
Sheriff is a first name too: about 100 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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