Explore the Family Name Sherin

The meaning of Sherin

1. English: habitational name either from Sheering or Shearing Place in Belchamp Saint Paul (both Essex), probably from an Old English personal name Scīra + the groupname suffix -ingas. 2. Irish: variant of Shearin.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname "Sherin" has seen a slight decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Sherin ranked as the 39,885th most common surname, but by 2010 it slipped to rank 42,720, marking a decrease of 7.11%. The actual count of people with this surname also decreased from 518 in 2000 to 507 in 2010, a drop of approximately 2.12%. The proportion of individuals carrying the Sherin surname per 100,000 people also fell by 10.53% during the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#39,885	#42,720	-7.11%
Count	518	507	-2.12%
Proportion per 100k	0.19	0.17	-10.53%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Sherin

The ethnicity data from the Decennial U.S. Census for the Sherin surname showed some shifts between 2000 and 2010. Individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander saw a significant increase from 1.16% to 2.56%. Those identifying with two or more races saw a slightly smaller increase of 2.30%. However, those identifying as White decreased marginally from 88.61% to 87.97%, and those identifying as Black saw a larger decrease from 7.53% to 6.11%. There was an increase in individuals identifying as Hispanic from 0.97% to 1.58%. The percentage of individuals identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native remained the same at 0% for both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	88.61%	87.97%	-0.72%
Black	7.53%	6.11%	-18.86%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.16%	2.56%	120.69%
Two or More Races	1.74%	1.78%	2.3%
Hispanic	0.97%	1.58%	62.89%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%