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    The surname Scharnhorst

    A German place surname, carried by 542 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈʃɑː(ɹ)nhɔː(ɹ)st/ 2 syllables Soundex S656

    Scharnhorst: #40,371 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Scharnhorst #40,371, 542 people Scharnhorst: #40,371 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Scharnhorst #40,371, 542 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Scharnhorst is more common than 75.1% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    From German Scharnhorst, from Low German Scharnhorst, from Middle Low German Scharnhorst, from scharn (“dirty, damp”) + horst (“wooded hill”), from Old Saxon *skarn + hurst, from Proto-Germanic *skarną + *hursti.

    Scharnhorst is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    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 542 people named Scharnhorst in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 569,641 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 540.

    #40,371
    rank among US surnames
    542
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.4%
    change since 2000 (was #38,524)

    Who is named Scharnhorst

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

    94% of people named Scharnhorst identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as two or more races and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Scharnhorst

    Scharnhorst has the Soundex code S656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S656.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Scharnhorst come from?
    From German Scharnhorst, from Low German Scharnhorst, from Middle Low German Scharnhorst, from scharn (“dirty, damp”) + horst (“wooded hill”), from Old Saxon *skarn + hurst, from Proto-Germanic *skarną + *hursti.
    How common is the surname Scharnhorst?
    542 people in the United States had the surname Scharnhorst in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 569,641 Americans. It ranked 40,371st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Scharnhorst?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Scharnhorst identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as two or more races.
    How do you pronounce Scharnhorst?
    Scharnhorst is /ˈʃɑː(ɹ)nhɔː(ɹ)st/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Scharnhorst?
    Scharnhorst is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Scharnhorst getting more or less common?
    More common. 540 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 542 in 2010, up 0.4%.