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    The surname Scheller

    A German surname, carried by 3,672 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S460

    Scheller: #8,916 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Scheller #8,916, 3,672 people Scheller: #8,916 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Scheller #8,916, 3,672 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Scheller is more common than 94.5% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    A surname from German.

    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 3,672 people named Scheller in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,081 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,248.

    #8,916
    rank among US surnames
    3,672
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.1%
    change since 2000 (was #9,235)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,909Stapp3,67584,012
    #8,911Claus3,67484,035
    #8,914Sloane3,67384,058
    #8,916Scheller3,67284,081
    #8,917Freer3,67184,104
    #8,920Kersten3,66984,150

    Who is named Scheller

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

    96% of people named Scheller identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Schellers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • David Scheller
      Actor, born 1971

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Scheller

    Scheller has the Soundex code S460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S460.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Scheller come from?
    Scheller is German in origin.
    How common is the surname Scheller?
    3,672 people in the United States had the surname Scheller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,081 Americans. It ranked 8,916th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Scheller?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Scheller identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Scheller?
    David Scheller, actor.
    Where is the surname Scheller most common?
    Wikidata records people named Scheller in Germany.
    Is the surname Scheller getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,248 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,672 in 2010, up 13%.