How common is the surname Schad?

2,491 people in the United States had the surname Schad in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,944 Americans. It ranked 12,460th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Schad getting more or less common?

More common. 2,395 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,491 in 2010, up 4.0%.

The surname Schad

A surname, carried by 2,491 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schad is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,491 people named Schad in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 123,944 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,395.

#12,460

rank among US surnames

2,491

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #11,964)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,452	Karlin	2,493	123,845
#12,454	Evert	2,492	123,895
#12,460	Hallowell	2,491	123,944
#12,467	Como	2,490	123,994

Who is named Schad

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

95% of people named Schad identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as two or more races and 1.2% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schad

Schad has the Soundex code S300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S300.

Questions

How common is the surname Schad?: 2,491 people in the United States had the surname Schad in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,944 Americans. It ranked 12,460th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schad?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schad identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as two or more races.
Is the surname Schad getting more or less common?: More common. 2,395 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,491 in 2010, up 4.0%.