How common is the surname Schewe?

1,184 people in the United States had the surname Schewe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 260,765 Americans. It ranked 21,926th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schewe?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Schewe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Schewe getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,262 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,184 in 2010, down 6.2%.

The surname Schewe

A surname, carried by 1,184 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schewe is more common than 86.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,184 people named Schewe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 260,765 Americans. That is down 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,262.

#21,926

rank among US surnames

1,184

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-6.2%

change since 2000 (was #19,752)

Who is named Schewe

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

97% of people named Schewe identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schewe

Schewe has the Soundex code S000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S000.

Questions

How common is the surname Schewe?: 1,184 people in the United States had the surname Schewe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 260,765 Americans. It ranked 21,926th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schewe?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Schewe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Schewe getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,262 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,184 in 2010, down 6.2%.