Scherzinger

surname · Latin script

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

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

Scherzinger is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 774K(measured from records)
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 37K
  • CACanada≈1 in 603K

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.

United States (measured from records)

430 people, 2010

Sources
151 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 37K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Scherzinger 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 Scherzinger is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States4301 in 774K430Scherzinger151
CH Switzerland2291 in 37K229Scherzinger8
IT Italy≈75 est.≈1 in 834K—Scherzinger1
CA Canada≈63 est.≈1 in 603K—Scherzinger14
GB United Kingdom≈36 est.≈1 in 1.8M9Scherzinger14
SG Singapore≈9 est.≈1 in 671K—Scherzinger2

430 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). 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)

Scherzinger is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Mexico, Switzerland

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Sčhërzįngêr

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Egypt, Algeria, United States

    Also written Sčhërzįngêr

33 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1940196019802000Karl-Heinz Scherzinger, b. 1944Wolfgang Scherzinger, b. 1944Nicole Scherzinger, b. 1978Mara Scherzinger, b. 1989

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)

FormalDear Scherzinger,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 9 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Scherzinger
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010430#48,995
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000420#47,485
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020417#53,526
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)2024229#5,583
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)20029#154,387
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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

How do you pronounce Scherzinger?
A machine transcription gives /ˈʃɝzɪŋɝ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Scherzinger have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 430 people named Scherzinger, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled scherzinger.
Where is Scherzinger most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Scherzinger is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 37 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Scherzinger?
In the United States, the national register counted 430 people named Scherzinger in 2010, about 1 in 774 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, “Scherzinger”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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