Explore the Family Name Shere

The meaning of Shere

1. English: variant of Shear. 2. Indian (Maharashtra; pronounced as two syllables): Vani name, probably from Marathi šera ‘rate’. Some characteristic forenames: Indian Kalpana, Aniruddha, Ashok, Laxman, Mitesh, Pratish, Sunil.

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How common is the last name Shere in the United States?

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Shere has seen a decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked as the 44,574th most popular surname in the United States with 454 individuals carrying this name. A decade later, its rank dropped to 54,990 with only 374 individuals bearing the surname. This represents a change of -23.37% in rank and -17.62% in count. The proportion of people named Shere per 100,000 also declined by -23.53%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#44,574	#54,990	-23.37%
Count	454	374	-17.62%
Proportion per 100k	0.17	0.13	-23.53%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Shere

Regarding the ethnicity of individuals bearing the surname Shere, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows some shifts over the same period. In both 2000 and 2010, the majority identified as White, although this percentage decreased slightly from 77.53% to 75.40%. The group identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander remained relatively stable at around 16%. Interestingly, there was a significant increase (112.50%) in those identifying as having two or more ethnic identities, raising from 1.76% to 3.74%. The percentage identified as Black also increased from 1.32% to 2.14% while the proportions identifying as Hispanic and American Indian and Alaskan Native dropped to zero.

	2000	2010	Change
White	77.53%	75.4%	-2.75%
Asian/Pacific Islander	16.52%	16.31%	-1.27%
Two or More Races	1.76%	3.74%	112.5%
Black	1.32%	2.14%	62.12%
Hispanic	1.76%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	1.1%	0%	0%