Last Name SHER

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Meaning Name SHER is a Latin spelling of its Cyrillic origin 'ШЕР'. Below are some other possible Latin spellings of the Cyrillic version of this name.
'SHER'
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Origin Jewish, Bangladeshi, Hungarian, Belarusian

Rank 9,180 (2000 US census) 15,347 (1990 US census)
Count 3,267 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 90.08%, or 2943 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 0.64%, or 21 total occurrences, as black,
  • 6.37%, or 208 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.21%, or 7 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.84%, or 60 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 0.86%, or 28 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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