Surname Checker / Sherman
How Common Is the Last Name Sherman?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Sherman today
78,061
Ranked #469 of 162,254 published surnames · 23.9 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 70,502 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
82.74%
Black
11.57%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.63%
Hispanic
2.33%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.