How common is the surname Schaller?

5,875 people in the United States had the surname Schaller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,552 Americans. It ranked 5,873rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schaller?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schaller identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schaller?

George Schaller, American naturalist, followed by Gilbert Schaller.

Where is the surname Schaller most common?

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

Is the surname Schaller getting more or less common?

More common. 5,815 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,875 in 2010, up 1.0%.

The surname Schaller

A surname, carried by 5,875 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schaller is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,875 people named Schaller in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,552 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,815.

#5,873

rank among US surnames

5,875

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1%

change since 2000 (was #5,497)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,868	Crossley	5,878	52,526
#5,869	Maggio	5,877	52,535
#5,872	Hargett	5,876	52,543
#5,873	Schaller	5,875	52,552

Who is named Schaller

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

95% of people named Schaller identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schallers

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

George Schaller
American naturalist, born 1933
Gilbert Schaller
Austrian tennis player, born 1969
Simone Schaller
American hurdler, 1912–2016
Tim Schaller
American ice hockey player, born 1990

Notable Schallers come mostly from the United States (3) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schaller

Schaller has the Soundex code S460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S460.

Questions

How common is the surname Schaller?: 5,875 people in the United States had the surname Schaller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,552 Americans. It ranked 5,873rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schaller?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schaller identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schaller?: George Schaller, American naturalist, followed by Gilbert Schaller.
Where is the surname Schaller most common?: Wikidata records people named Schaller in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Schaller getting more or less common?: More common. 5,815 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,875 in 2010, up 1.0%.