Shere Name Origin and Family Crest

Shere is an English surname. Smith's 1956 dictionary gives the meaning “one who came from Shere (bright), in Surrey”. Place names like this marked newcomers by where they had come from.

In the 2010 US Census, 374 Americans gave Shere as their last name (rank 54,990). That is enough to place it in the top 100,000 American surnames.

Coats of arms were borne by individual families. If arms are recorded under the Shere name, our researchers explain whose they were and how they were blazoned. For the full story, order the Shere surname pack.