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    The surname Scheidt

    A surname, carried by 2,528 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S300

    Scheidt: #12,296 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Scheidt #12,296, 2,528 people Scheidt: #12,296 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Scheidt #12,296, 2,528 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Scheidt is more common than 92.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,528 people named Scheidt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,130 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,384.

    #12,296
    rank among US surnames
    2,528
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6%
    change since 2000 (was #12,022)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,289Valiente2,530122,034
    #12,292Spillers2,529122,082
    #12,296Scheidt2,528122,130
    #12,303Wolk2,527122,179

    Who is named Scheidt

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

    94% of people named Scheidt identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Scheidts

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Robert Scheidt
      Brazilian sailor, born 1973
    • Rafael Scheidt
      Brazilian footballer, born 1976

    Notable Scheidts come mostly from Brazil (1) and Germany (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Scheidt

    Scheidt has the Soundex code S300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S300.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Scheidt?
    2,528 people in the United States had the surname Scheidt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,130 Americans. It ranked 12,296th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Scheidt?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Scheidt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Scheidt?
    Robert Scheidt, Brazilian sailor, followed by Rafael Scheidt.
    Where is the surname Scheidt most common?
    Wikidata records people named Scheidt in Brazil and Germany.
    Is the surname Scheidt getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,384 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,528 in 2010, up 6.0%.