Scherb surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Scherb surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 310 people carried this name — #64,200 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is down 7% from 333 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 93 people named Scherb.

10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 10
Haut-Rhin 56
Bouches-du-Rhône 6
Paris 5
Bas-Rhin 4
Moselle 3
Alpes-Maritimes 2
Vienne 1
Meurthe-et-Moselle 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

50 people named Scherb live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Thurgau.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Thurgau 17
Basel-Stadt 8
Zurich 8
Vaud 5
Bern 3
Basel-Landschaft 3
Geneva 3
Lucerne 3

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.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Scherb is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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