How common is the surname Schack?

1,192 people in the United States had the surname Schack in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 259,015 Americans. It ranked 21,811th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schack?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schack identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schack?

Benedikt Schack, Austrian opera singer and composer.

Where is the surname Schack most common?

Wikidata records people named Schack in the Austrian Empire.

Is the surname Schack getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,261 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,192 in 2010, down 5.5%.

The surname Schack

A surname, carried by 1,192 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schack is more common than 86.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,192 people named Schack in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 259,015 Americans. That is down 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,261.

#21,811

rank among US surnames

1,192

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-5.5%

change since 2000 (was #19,759)

Who is named Schack

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

96% of people named Schack identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schacks

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Benedikt Schack
Austrian opera singer and composer, 1758–1826

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schack

Schack has the Soundex code S200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S200.

Questions

How common is the surname Schack?: 1,192 people in the United States had the surname Schack in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 259,015 Americans. It ranked 21,811th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schack?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schack identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schack?: Benedikt Schack, Austrian opera singer and composer.
Where is the surname Schack most common?: Wikidata records people named Schack in the Austrian Empire.
Is the surname Schack getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,261 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,192 in 2010, down 5.5%.