as a Last Name
- 2,816
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Scher
Meaning & Origins
German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German schere, Middle Low German schēre, Middle Dutch sceere, Yiddish sher ‘scissors’, ‘shears’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of scissors or shears, or for a barber, cloth cutter or possibly a sheep shearer.
| 9,865th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 2,816
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New York
- has the most people named Scher per capita
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