How common is the surname Schier?

1,033 people in the United States had the surname Schier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 298,882 Americans. It ranked 24,288th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schier?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Schier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Schier getting more or less common?

More common. 964 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,033 in 2010, up 7.2%.

The surname Schier

A surname, carried by 1,033 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schier is more common than 85% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,033 people named Schier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 298,882 Americans. That is up 7.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 964.

#24,288

rank among US surnames

1,033

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+7.2%

change since 2000 (was #24,350)

Who is named Schier

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

94% of people named Schier identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schier

Schier has the Soundex code S600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S600.

Questions

How common is the surname Schier?: 1,033 people in the United States had the surname Schier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 298,882 Americans. It ranked 24,288th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schier?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Schier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Schier getting more or less common?: More common. 964 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,033 in 2010, up 7.2%.