How common is the surname Schenk?

7,651 people in the United States had the surname Schenk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,354 Americans. It ranked 4,637th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schenk?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Schenk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schenk?

Otto Schenk, Austrian actor and director (1930–2025), followed by Johann Baptist Schenk.

Where is the surname Schenk most common?

Wikidata records people named Schenk in the Austrian Empire, the United States and Austria and 1 other country.

Is the surname Schenk getting more or less common?

More common. 7,575 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,651 in 2010, up 1.0%.

The surname Schenk

A Dutch surname, carried by 7,651 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schenk is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

Borrowed from Dutch and German Schenk.

One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,651 people named Schenk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,354 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,575.

#4,637

rank among US surnames

7,651

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1%

change since 2000 (was #4,342)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,628	Isaacson	7,668	40,264
#4,629	Manson	7,663	40,290
#4,630	Flick	7,661	40,301
#4,631	Omar	7,660	40,306
#4,632	Janes	7,659	40,311
#4,633	Nakamura	7,658	40,317
#4,634	Moye	7,657	40,322

Who is named Schenk

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

94% of people named Schenk identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schenks

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Otto Schenk
Austrian actor and director (1930–2025)
Johann Baptist Schenk
Austrian composer, 1753–1836
Lynn Schenk
American politician, born 1945
Nick Schenk
American screenwriter, born 1965
Juliane Schenk
Badminton player, born 1982
Leopold Schenk
Austrian embryologist (1840-1902)

Notable Schenks come mostly from the Austrian Empire (2), the United States (2) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Schanck

Surnames that sound like Schenk

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

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Schenk come from?: Borrowed from Dutch and German Schenk.
How common is the surname Schenk?: 7,651 people in the United States had the surname Schenk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,354 Americans. It ranked 4,637th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schenk?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Schenk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schenk?: Otto Schenk, Austrian actor and director (1930–2025), followed by Johann Baptist Schenk.
Where is the surname Schenk most common?: Wikidata records people named Schenk in the Austrian Empire, the United States and Austria and 1 other country.
Is the surname Schenk getting more or less common?: More common. 7,575 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,651 in 2010, up 1.0%.
What are other spellings of Schenk?: Schanck.