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    The surname Schellenberg

    A German surname, carried by 1,021 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S451

    Schellenberg: #24,499 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Schellenberg #24,499, 1,021 people Schellenberg: #24,499 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Schellenberg #24,499, 1,021 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schellenberg is more common than 84.9% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Schellenberg.

    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 1,021 people named Schellenberg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 302,395 Americans. That is up 8.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 942.

    #24,499
    rank among US surnames
    1,021
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.4%
    change since 2000 (was #24,807)

    Who is named Schellenberg

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

    92% of people named Schellenberg identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Shillingburg

    Surnames that sound like Schellenberg

    Schellenberg has the Soundex code S451, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S451.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Schellenberg come from?
    Borrowed from German Schellenberg.
    How common is the surname Schellenberg?
    1,021 people in the United States had the surname Schellenberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 302,395 Americans. It ranked 24,499th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Schellenberg?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Schellenberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Schellenberg getting more or less common?
    More common. 942 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,021 in 2010, up 8.4%.
    What are other spellings of Schellenberg?
    Shillingburg.