How common is the surname Schachter?

1,226 people in the United States had the surname Schachter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 251,832 Americans. It ranked 21,360th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schachter?

In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Schachter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schachter?

Stanley Schachter, American psychologist.

Where is the surname Schachter most common?

Wikidata records people named Schachter in the United States.

How do you pronounce Schachter?

Schachter is /ˈʃæktɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Schachter getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,441 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,226 in 2010, down 15%.

The surname Schachter

A German surname, carried by 1,226 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈʃæktɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex S236

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schachter is more common than 86.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

Variant of the Ashkenazi surname Schechter.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,226 people named Schachter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 251,832 Americans. That is down 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,441.

#21,360

rank among US surnames

1,226

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-14.9%

change since 2000 (was #17,899)

Who is named Schachter

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

98% of people named Schachter identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 98%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 0.4%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schachters

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Stanley Schachter
American psychologist, 1922–1997

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schachter

Schachter has the Soundex code S236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S236.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Schachter come from?: Variant of the Ashkenazi surname Schechter.
How common is the surname Schachter?: 1,226 people in the United States had the surname Schachter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 251,832 Americans. It ranked 21,360th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schachter?: In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Schachter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schachter?: Stanley Schachter, American psychologist.
Where is the surname Schachter most common?: Wikidata records people named Schachter in the United States.
How do you pronounce Schachter?: Schachter is /ˈʃæktɚ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Schachter getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,441 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,226 in 2010, down 15%.