How common is the surname Scheffler?

4,052 people in the United States had the surname Scheffler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,196 Americans. It ranked 8,184th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Scheffler?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Scheffler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Scheffler?

Scottie Scheffler, American professional golfer (born 1996).

Where is the surname Scheffler most common?

Wikidata records people named Scheffler in the United States.

Is the surname Scheffler getting more or less common?

More common. 3,695 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,052 in 2010, up 9.7%.

The surname Scheffler

A surname, carried by 4,052 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S146

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Scheffler is more common than 95% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,052 people named Scheffler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 76,196 Americans. That is up 9.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,695.

#8,184

rank among US surnames

4,052

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+9.7%

change since 2000 (was #8,249)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,176	Hazard	4,054	76,158
#8,178	Stella	4,053	76,177
#8,184	Kaczmarek	4,052	76,196
#8,189	Severino	4,051	76,215

Who is named Scheffler

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

95% of people named Scheffler identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schefflers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Scottie Scheffler
American professional golfer (born 1996)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Scheffler

Scheffler has the Soundex code S146, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S146.

Questions

How common is the surname Scheffler?: 4,052 people in the United States had the surname Scheffler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 76,196 Americans. It ranked 8,184th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Scheffler?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Scheffler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Scheffler?: Scottie Scheffler, American professional golfer (born 1996).
Where is the surname Scheffler most common?: Wikidata records people named Scheffler in the United States.
Is the surname Scheffler getting more or less common?: More common. 3,695 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,052 in 2010, up 9.7%.