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    The surname Schenck

    A surname, carried by 6,245 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ʃæŋk/ 1 syllable Soundex S520

    Schenck: #5,568 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Schenck #5,568, 6,245 people Schenck: #5,568 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Schenck #5,568, 6,245 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schenck is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,245 people named Schenck in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,439 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,016.

    #5,568
    rank among US surnames
    6,245
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.8%
    change since 2000 (was #5,333)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,563Browder6,24949,407
    #5,566Ingraham6,24849,415
    #5,567Bumgarner6,24649,431
    #5,568Schenck6,24549,439

    Who is named Schenck

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

    87% of people named Schenck identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Schencks

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Joseph M. Schenck
      American film studio executive (1878-1961)
    • Nicholas Schenck
      American film studio executive (1880–1969)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Schenck

    Schenck has the Soundex code S520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Schenck?
    6,245 people in the United States had the surname Schenck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,439 Americans. It ranked 5,568th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Schenck?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Schenck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Schenck?
    Joseph M. Schenck, American film studio executive (1878-1961), followed by Nicholas Schenck.
    Where is the surname Schenck most common?
    Wikidata records people named Schenck in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Schenck?
    Schenck is /ʃæŋk/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Schenck getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,016 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,245 in 2010, up 3.8%.