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Scherer Name Meaning

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a sheep-shearer or someone who used scissors to trim the surface of finished cloth and remove excessive nap, from German Scherer, Yiddish sherer, agent derivatives of Middle High German scheren ‘to shear’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


Similar surnames: Scherzer, Scheuer, Scherber, Scheer, Scheler, Scheerer, Scheurer

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Scherer Family Origin

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Scherer Family Occupations

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  • Cook (Dom)

    100%

In 1881, the most common Scherer occupation in the UK was Cook (Dom). 100% of Scherer's were Cook (Dom)s.

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Scherer Historical Records

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Scherer Life Expectancy

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