Shere

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ˈʃɪɹ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Shere is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Devon; Middx. see Shear .

rarermore common
  • INIndia1 in 24M(measured from records)
  • CACanada≈1 in 419K
  • PKPakistan≈1 in 524K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)

≈450 people, est.

Sources
76 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 419K (inferred from the name graph)

Canada, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Main GB Location (1881): Devon; Middx. see Shear .

Sources 1

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland

Where in the world(measured from records)

Shere counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Shere is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PK Pakistan≈450 est.≈1 in 524K—Shere10
US United States3741 in 889K478Shere76
CA Canada≈90 est.≈1 in 419K—Shere6
GB United Kingdom≈78 est.≈1 in 839K95Shere14
IN India561 in 24M56Shere74
AL Albania≈4 est.≈1 in 830K74——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Shere is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, India, Canada

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Shere', Sheré, Sher'E, Shére, Shère

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Sheré, Sherê

  • Swahili surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, Canada, United Kingdom

    Also written Sheré

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, India, Mexico

    Also written Sheré, Shërë

  • Bangla surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Bangladesh, Malaysia

    Also written Sere, শেরে, Sherey, Serey, সেরে

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Sherë

41 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Shere is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In rom, nominative plural of shero

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

Formalआदरणीय श्री Shere जी,Respected Shere ji, (English)
Informalनमस्ते Shere जी,Hi Shere, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 22 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Shere
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020478#47,785
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000454#44,574
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010374#54,990
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)200295#34,220
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls—56#41,479
IN IndiaInstate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls—5#43,017
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Shere mean, and where does it come from?
Main GB Location (1881): Devon; Middx. see Shear . Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
How do you pronounce Shere?
A machine transcription gives /ˈʃɪɹ/ (IPA) for Hindi.
In which country does Shere have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 446 people named Shere in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled shere.
How common is the name Shere?
In the United States, the national register counted 374 people named Shere in 2010, about 1 in 889 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Shere”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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