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    The surname Altschuler

    A Yiddish surname, carried by 677 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex A432

    Altschuler: #33,645 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Altschuler #33,645, 677 people Altschuler: #33,645 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Altschuler #33,645, 677 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Altschuler is more common than 79.3% of them.

    Origin

    Yiddish origin

    Borrowed from Yiddish אַלטשולער (altshuler), from אַלט (alt, “old”) + שולער (shuler, “schooler”), referring to the Old Synagogue (or Altschul) in Prague.

    One of 31 Yiddish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 677 people named Altschuler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 456,050 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 651.

    #33,645
    rank among US surnames
    677
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4%
    change since 2000 (was #33,142)

    Who is named Altschuler

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    95% of people named Altschuler identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Alschuler
    • Altschueler
    • Altschuller
    • Altshueler
    • Altshuler
    • Altshuller

    Surnames that sound like Altschuler

    Altschuler has the Soundex code A432, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A432.

    Other Yiddish surnames

    All 31 Yiddish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Altschuler come from?
    Borrowed from Yiddish אַלטשולער (altshuler), from אַלט (alt, “old”) + שולער (shuler, “schooler”), referring to the Old Synagogue (or Altschul) in Prague.
    How common is the surname Altschuler?
    677 people in the United States had the surname Altschuler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 456,050 Americans. It ranked 33,645th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Altschuler?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Altschuler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Altschuler getting more or less common?
    More common. 651 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 677 in 2010, up 4.0%.
    What are other spellings of Altschuler?
    Alschuler, Altschueler, Altschuller, Altshueler, Altshuler and Altshuller.