How common is the surname Schall?

3,786 people in the United States had the surname Schall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,549 Americans. It ranked 8,679th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schall?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schall identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schall?

Anton Schall, Austrian footballer (1907-1947), followed by Thomas D. Schall.

Where is the surname Schall most common?

Wikidata records people named Schall in Austria and the United States.

Is the surname Schall getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,809 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,786 in 2010, down 0.6%.

The surname Schall

A surname, carried by 3,786 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). Schall is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,786 people named Schall in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,549 Americans. That is down 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,809.

#8,679

rank among US surnames

3,786

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

-0.6%

change since 2000 (was #8,031)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,673	Boney	3,789	81,485
#8,676	McGaha	3,787	81,528
#8,679	Prine	3,786	81,549
#8,681	Swinson	3,784	81,592
#8,686	Adorno	3,783	81,614
#8,687	Zazueta	3,782	81,636
#8,688	Gardea	3,781	81,657

Who is named Schall

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

95% of people named Schall identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
Two or more races 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schalls

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Anton Schall
Austrian footballer (1907-1947)
Thomas D. Schall
American lawyer and politician (1878-1935)

Notable Schalls come mostly from Austria (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schall

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

Questions

How common is the surname Schall?: 3,786 people in the United States had the surname Schall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,549 Americans. It ranked 8,679th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schall?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schall identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schall?: Anton Schall, Austrian footballer (1907-1947), followed by Thomas D. Schall.
Where is the surname Schall most common?: Wikidata records people named Schall in Austria and the United States.
Is the surname Schall getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,809 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,786 in 2010, down 0.6%.