The surname Schatz
A surname, carried by 6,261 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ʃæts/ 1 syllable Soundex S320
Origin
* As a German and Jewish surname, from Schatz (“treasure”). * Also as a Jewish surname, from an acronym derived from Hebrew שליח ציבור (shalíakh tsibúr), "congregation's emissary," of the Hazzan.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 6,261 people named Schatz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,312 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 6,250.
Who is named Schatz
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
96% of people named Schatz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 96%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
- Two or more races 1.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Schatz has the Soundex code S320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S320.
Questions
- Where does the surname Schatz come from?
- * As a German and Jewish surname, from Schatz (“treasure”). * Also as a Jewish surname, from an acronym derived from Hebrew שליח ציבור (shalíakh tsibúr), "congregation's emissary," of the Hazzan.
- How common is the surname Schatz?
- 6,261 people in the United States had the surname Schatz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,312 Americans. It ranked 5,553rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Schatz?
- In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schatz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- How do you pronounce Schatz?
- Schatz is /ʃæts/, one syllable.
- Is the surname Schatz getting more or less common?
- More common. 6,250 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,261 in 2010, up 0.2%.