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    The surname Schantz

    A German surname, carried by 3,245 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S532

    Schantz: #9,949 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Schantz #9,949, 3,245 people Schantz: #9,949 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Schantz #9,949, 3,245 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schantz is more common than 93.9% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Schantz.

    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 3,245 people named Schantz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 95,145 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,061.

    #9,949
    rank among US surnames
    3,245
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6%
    change since 2000 (was #9,744)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,940McCarroll3,24695,116
    #9,949Schantz3,24595,145
    #9,953Courson3,24495,174
    #9,954Alpert3,24395,204
    #9,956Goines3,24295,233

    Who is named Schantz

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

    96% of people named Schantz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as two or more races and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    • 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.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Schantz

    Schantz has the Soundex code S532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S532.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Schantz come from?
    Borrowed from German Schantz.
    How common is the surname Schantz?
    3,245 people in the United States had the surname Schantz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,145 Americans. It ranked 9,949th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Schantz?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schantz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Schantz getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,061 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,245 in 2010, up 6.0%.
    What are other spellings of Schantz?
    Shands and Shontz.