How common is the surname Schendel?

2,303 people in the United States had the surname Schendel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,062 Americans. It ranked 13,255th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schendel?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schendel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schendel?

Mira Schendel, Brazilian painter (1919-1988).

Where is the surname Schendel most common?

Wikidata records people named Schendel in Switzerland.

Is the surname Schendel getting more or less common?

More common. 2,185 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,303 in 2010, up 5.4%.

The surname Schendel

A surname, carried by 2,303 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S534

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schendel is more common than 91.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,303 people named Schendel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,062 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,185.

#13,255

rank among US surnames

2,303

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+5.4%

change since 2000 (was #12,902)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,246	Yousef	2,305	133,946
#13,251	Amey	2,304	134,004
#13,255	Blackledge	2,303	134,062
#13,259	Hershman	2,302	134,121
#13,263	Franko	2,301	134,179
#13,264	Paull	2,300	134,237

Who is named Schendel

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

96% of people named Schendel identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schendels

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mira Schendel
Brazilian painter (1919-1988)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schendel

Schindler

Schendel has the Soundex code S534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S534.

Questions

How common is the surname Schendel?: 2,303 people in the United States had the surname Schendel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,062 Americans. It ranked 13,255th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schendel?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schendel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schendel?: Mira Schendel, Brazilian painter (1919-1988).
Where is the surname Schendel most common?: Wikidata records people named Schendel in Switzerland.
Is the surname Schendel getting more or less common?: More common. 2,185 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,303 in 2010, up 5.4%.