How common is the surname Schild?

1,686 people in the United States had the surname Schild in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 183,123 Americans. It ranked 16,894th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schild?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schild identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schild?

Bernadette Schild, Austrian alpine skier, followed by Alfred Schild.

Where is the surname Schild most common?

Wikidata records people named Schild in Austria and Germany.

Is the surname Schild getting more or less common?

More common. 1,563 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,686 in 2010, up 7.9%.

The surname Schild

A German surname, carried by 1,686 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schild is more common than 89.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Schild.

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 1,686 people named Schild in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 183,123 Americans. That is up 7.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,563.

#16,894

rank among US surnames

1,686

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+7.9%

change since 2000 (was #16,810)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,887	Howery	1,687	183,015
#16,894	Schild	1,686	183,123
#16,900	Hoar	1,685	183,232

Who is named Schild

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

96% of people named Schild identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schilds

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bernadette Schild
Austrian alpine skier, born 1990
Alfred Schild
American physicist (1921–1977)

Notable Schilds come mostly from Austria (1) and Germany (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schild

Schild has the Soundex code S430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S430.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Schild come from?: Borrowed from German Schild.
How common is the surname Schild?: 1,686 people in the United States had the surname Schild in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 183,123 Americans. It ranked 16,894th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schild?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schild identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schild?: Bernadette Schild, Austrian alpine skier, followed by Alfred Schild.
Where is the surname Schild most common?: Wikidata records people named Schild in Austria and Germany.
Is the surname Schild getting more or less common?: More common. 1,563 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,686 in 2010, up 7.9%.