How Many People Have the Last Name Sherman?
people had the surname Sherman in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 4,184 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
+662 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Sherman (82.7%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 11.6%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Sherman ranks #339. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 84.9% to 82.7%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Sherman grew from 69,840 people in 2000 to 70,502 in 2010 (up 0.9%), and its rank fell from #422 to #469. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 25.89 to 23.9 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 69,840 | 70,502 |
| Rank | #422 | #469 |
| Per 100,000 people | 25.89 | 23.9 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Sherman
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Sherman: S655
👤 Sherman as a First Name
Sherman is a first name too: about 18,377 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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