# Scheele (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/scheele/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,216 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,660 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 139,326 people |
| Change since 2000 | +22% (1,821 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

German Scheele

## Who carries it

Share of people named Scheele in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Scheele in Austria.

## People named Scheele

- Karin Scheele, Austrian politician

## Similar surnames

Schell, Scholl, Schall, Scheel, Schill, Schley, Schaal, Schiele, Schlee, Seeley, Sheely, Sheeley.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.