How common is the surname Schenker?

1,155 people in the United States had the surname Schenker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 267,312 Americans. It ranked 22,319th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schenker?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Schenker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schenker?

Heinrich Schenker, Austrian music theorist (1868-1935), followed by Karl Schenker.

Where is the surname Schenker most common?

Wikidata records people named Schenker in Austria, the United Kingdom and Brazil.

Is the surname Schenker getting more or less common?

More common. 1,095 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,155 in 2010, up 5.5%.

The surname Schenker

A surname, carried by 1,155 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S526

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schenker is more common than 86.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,155 people named Schenker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 267,312 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,095.

#22,319

rank among US surnames

1,155

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.5%

change since 2000 (was #22,053)

Who is named Schenker

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

97% of people named Schenker identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schenkers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Heinrich Schenker
Austrian music theorist (1868-1935)
Karl Schenker
Austrian photographer, illustrator and draughtsman (1886–1954)
Mateus Solano
Brazilian actor, born 1981

Notable Schenkers come mostly from Austria (1), the United Kingdom (1) and Brazil (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schenker

Schenker has the Soundex code S526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S526.

Questions

How common is the surname Schenker?: 1,155 people in the United States had the surname Schenker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 267,312 Americans. It ranked 22,319th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schenker?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Schenker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schenker?: Heinrich Schenker, Austrian music theorist (1868-1935), followed by Karl Schenker.
Where is the surname Schenker most common?: Wikidata records people named Schenker in Austria, the United Kingdom and Brazil.
Is the surname Schenker getting more or less common?: More common. 1,095 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,155 in 2010, up 5.5%.