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    The surname Scheele

    A German surname, carried by 2,216 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S400

    Scheele: #13,660 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Scheele #13,660, 2,216 people Scheele: #13,660 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Scheele #13,660, 2,216 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Scheele is more common than 91.6% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    German Scheele

    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 2,216 people named Scheele in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 139,326 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,821.

    #13,660
    rank among US surnames
    2,216
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +21.7%
    change since 2000 (was #14,912)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,654Victorino2,218139,200
    #13,657Gengler2,217139,263
    #13,660Fitzgibbon2,216139,326

    Who is named Scheele

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

    94% of people named Scheele identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Scheeles

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Karin Scheele
      Austrian politician, born 1968

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Scheele

    Scheele has the Soundex code S400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S400.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Scheele come from?
    German Scheele
    How common is the surname Scheele?
    2,216 people in the United States had the surname Scheele in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 139,326 Americans. It ranked 13,660th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Scheele?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Scheele identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Scheele?
    Karin Scheele, Austrian politician.
    Where is the surname Scheele most common?
    Wikidata records people named Scheele in Austria.
    Is the surname Scheele getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,821 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,216 in 2010, up 22%.