How common is the surname Schaal?

1,984 people in the United States had the surname Schaal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,618 Americans. It ranked 14,920th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schaal?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schaal identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schaal?

Kristen Schaal, American actress, followed by Wendy Schaal.

Where is the surname Schaal most common?

Wikidata records people named Schaal in the United States.

Is the surname Schaal getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,009 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,984 in 2010, down 1.2%.

The surname Schaal

A surname, carried by 1,984 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schaal is more common than 90.8% of them.

Origin

* As a German surname, from Schaala in Thüringen, from Old High German scalaha (“dirty water”) (compare Schale (“peel”), or Schlamm (“mud”)). Also from Schaalsee, a lake near Ratzeburg, itself probably related to the noun meaning "bowl." * As a German and Dutch surname, from the noun Schale (“dish”). * Also as a Dutch surname Van der Schaal, from the obsolete adjective schald (“shallow”), see shallow.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,984 people named Schaal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 155,618 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,009.

#14,920

rank among US surnames

1,984

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-1.2%

change since 2000 (was #13,812)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,913	Anger	1,985	155,539
#14,920	Laurel	1,984	155,618

Who is named Schaal

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

96% of people named Schaal identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schaals

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kristen Schaal
American actress, born 1978
Wendy Schaal
American actress, born 1954
Richard Schaal
American actor, comedian (1928-2014)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schaal

Schaal has the Soundex code S400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S400.

Questions

Where does the surname Schaal come from?: * As a German surname, from Schaala in Thüringen, from Old High German scalaha (“dirty water”) (compare Schale (“peel”), or Schlamm (“mud”)). Also from Schaalsee, a lake near Ratzeburg, itself probably related to the noun meaning "bowl." * As a German and Dutch surname, from the noun Schale…
How common is the surname Schaal?: 1,984 people in the United States had the surname Schaal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,618 Americans. It ranked 14,920th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schaal?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schaal identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schaal?: Kristen Schaal, American actress, followed by Wendy Schaal.
Where is the surname Schaal most common?: Wikidata records people named Schaal in the United States.
Is the surname Schaal getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,009 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,984 in 2010, down 1.2%.