How common is the surname Schauer?

5,463 people in the United States had the surname Schauer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,516 Americans. It ranked 6,252nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schauer?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schauer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schauer?

Mark Schauer, American politician.

Where is the surname Schauer most common?

Wikidata records people named Schauer in the United States.

Is the surname Schauer getting more or less common?

More common. 5,309 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,463 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Schauer

A surname, carried by 5,463 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schauer is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,463 people named Schauer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,516 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,309.

#6,252

rank among US surnames

5,463

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #5,972)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,247	Caton	5,467	56,474
#6,248	Halloran	5,465	56,495
#6,250	Furtado	5,464	56,505
#6,252	Schauer	5,463	56,516
#6,253	Saad	5,461	56,536

Who is named Schauer

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

95% of people named Schauer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schauers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mark Schauer
American politician, born 1961

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schauer

Schauer has the Soundex code S600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S600.

Questions

How common is the surname Schauer?: 5,463 people in the United States had the surname Schauer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,516 Americans. It ranked 6,252nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schauer?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schauer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schauer?: Mark Schauer, American politician.
Where is the surname Schauer most common?: Wikidata records people named Schauer in the United States.
Is the surname Schauer getting more or less common?: More common. 5,309 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,463 in 2010, up 2.9%.