The Sherrod surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,420 people carried this name — #4,207 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 35,100 people counted. That is up 7% from 7,859 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Sherrod surname

Americanized form of German Schererz.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Sherrod» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

20 families named Sherrod, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 124 people lived in those households, 6.2 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 7 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

North Carolina 11
Pennsylvania 3
South Carolina 3
New York 1
Maryland 1
Virginia 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 261 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Sherrod in American newspapers,
1913–1924.

Newspaper page from The Citizen carrying the name Sherrod
The Citizen 1913-03-07
Newspaper page from The Ocala Evening Star carrying the name Sherrod
The Ocala Evening Star 1913-03-07
Newspaper page from The Washington Tribune carrying the name Sherrod
The Washington Tribune 1924-05-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 22,081 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Sherrod in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1950s.

50 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sherrod. The most, 17, date from the 1950s.

Articles, by state

Victoria 19
New South Wales 17
Queensland 6
Tasmania 3
South Australia 2
Western Australia 2
ACT (Canberra) 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sherrod.

Who carried it

People named Sherrod,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Crawford Sherrod
    William Crawford Sherrod 1835–1919 · politician
  • William Crawford Sherrod
    William Crawford Sherrod 1835–1918 · politician
  • Bud Sherrod
    Bud Sherrod 1927–1980 · American football player
  • Charles Sherrod
    Charles Sherrod 1937–2022 · civil rights advocate
  • Jane Sherrod Singer 1917–1985 · writer
  • Clarence Sherrod 1949–2025 · basketball player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Sherrod,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States353 records

353 records of the Sherrod name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 239
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 96
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 8
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Edward N. Sherrod

    Born 1908 in Mississippi. Enlisted 1942 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; porter. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1994, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Walter Sherrod

    Born 1941; from Saginaw, Michigan. U.S. Army, food service specialist; killed in action 1968 in Binh Duong, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Ralph E. Sherrod

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Born 1934, died 2001; buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 353 records for Sherrod in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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