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    The surname Scheck

    A surname, carried by 1,949 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S200

    Scheck: #15,127 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Scheck #15,127, 1,949 people Scheck: #15,127 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Scheck #15,127, 1,949 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Scheck is more common than 90.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,949 people named Scheck in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 158,412 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,842.

    #15,127
    rank among US surnames
    1,949
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.8%
    change since 2000 (was #14,783)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,120Fuhrmann1,951158,250
    #15,124Wipf1,950158,331
    #15,127Parman1,949158,412

    Who is named Scheck

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

    95% of people named Scheck identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Schecks

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Barry Scheck
      American lawyer and legal scholar, born 1949

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Scheck

    Scheck has the Soundex code S200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Scheck?
    1,949 people in the United States had the surname Scheck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,412 Americans. It ranked 15,127th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Scheck?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Scheck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Scheck?
    Barry Scheck, American lawyer and legal scholar.
    Where is the surname Scheck most common?
    Wikidata records people named Scheck in the United States.
    Is the surname Scheck getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,842 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,949 in 2010, up 5.8%.