How common is the surname Schaar?

1,115 people in the United States had the surname Schaar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 276,902 Americans. It ranked 22,944th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schaar?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schaar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schaar?

Tom Schaar, American skateboarder.

Where is the surname Schaar most common?

Wikidata records people named Schaar in the United States.

Is the surname Schaar getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,148 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,115 in 2010, down 2.9%.

The surname Schaar

A surname, carried by 1,115 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schaar is more common than 85.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,115 people named Schaar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 276,902 Americans. That is down 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,148.

#22,944

rank among US surnames

1,115

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-2.9%

change since 2000 (was #21,273)

Who is named Schaar

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

96% of people named Schaar identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schaars

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tom Schaar
American skateboarder, born 1999

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schaar

Schaar has the Soundex code S600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S600.

Questions

How common is the surname Schaar?: 1,115 people in the United States had the surname Schaar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 276,902 Americans. It ranked 22,944th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schaar?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schaar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schaar?: Tom Schaar, American skateboarder.
Where is the surname Schaar most common?: Wikidata records people named Schaar in the United States.
Is the surname Schaar getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,148 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,115 in 2010, down 2.9%.