How common is the surname Schiff?

3,993 people in the United States had the surname Schiff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,322 Americans. It ranked 8,297th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schiff?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schiff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schiff?

Richard Schiff, American actor (born 1955), followed by Adam Schiff.

Where is the surname Schiff most common?

Wikidata records people named Schiff in the United States, Austria and Rwanda.

Is the surname Schiff getting more or less common?

More common. 3,833 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,993 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Schiff

A German surname, carried by 3,993 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schiff is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Schiff.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,993 people named Schiff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 77,322 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,833.

#8,297

rank among US surnames

3,993

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #7,998)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,291	Bergin	3,996	77,264
#8,293	Blackshear	3,995	77,283
#8,295	Ice	3,994	77,302
#8,297	Schiff	3,993	77,322
#8,299	Hoard	3,992	77,341
#8,304	Vannoy	3,991	77,360

Who is named Schiff

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

96% of people named Schiff identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schiffs

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Richard Schiff
American actor (born 1955)
Adam Schiff
American politician, born 1960
Peter Schiff
American entrepreneur, economist and author, born 1963
Jacob Schiff
American banker, philanthropist (1847–1920)
Heinrich Schiff
Austrian cellist and conductor (1951–2016)
Stacy Schiff
American author, born 1961
Naomi Schiff
Belgian-Rwandan racing driver (born 1994)
Steven Schiff
American politician (1947-1998)
Martina McBride
American country singer, born 1966

Notable Schiffs come mostly from the United States (7), Austria (1) and Rwanda (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schiff

Schiff has the Soundex code S100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S100.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Schiff come from?: Borrowed from German Schiff.
How common is the surname Schiff?: 3,993 people in the United States had the surname Schiff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,322 Americans. It ranked 8,297th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schiff?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schiff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schiff?: Richard Schiff, American actor (born 1955), followed by Adam Schiff.
Where is the surname Schiff most common?: Wikidata records people named Schiff in the United States, Austria and Rwanda.
Is the surname Schiff getting more or less common?: More common. 3,833 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,993 in 2010, up 4.2%.