The Schaerer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 155 people carried this name — #113,155 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is down 24% from 204 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 135 people named Schaerer live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 90 people named Schaerer.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
65 people named Schaerer live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Schaerer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ludwig Emanuel Schaerer 1785–1853 · theologian -
Santiago Schaerer 1834–1895 -
Eduardo Schaerer 1873–1941 · politician -
René Schaerer 1901–1995 · philosopher
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Lilly Schaerer 1905–2001 · Esperantist
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Arturo Schaerer 1907–1979 · businessperson
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schaerer.
- Schacher 889 · U.S. census
- Schacherer 218 · U.S. census
- Schade 3,958 · U.S. census
- Schaefer 41,063 · U.S. census
- Schaeffer 16,024 · U.S. census
- Schaer 778 · U.S. census
- Schaetzel 113 · U.S. census
- Schaetzle 223 · U.S. census
- Schafer 24,543 · U.S. census
- Schaff 2,881 · U.S. census
- Schaffer 20,614 · U.S. census
- Schaffhauser 286 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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