How common is the surname Schiller?

9,132 people in the United States had the surname Schiller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,809 Americans. It ranked 3,884th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schiller?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schiller identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schiller?

Phil Schiller, American businessman, followed by Adrian Schiller.

Where is the surname Schiller most common?

Wikidata records people named Schiller in the United States, the United Kingdom and Austria.

Is the surname Schiller getting more or less common?

More common. 8,977 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,132 in 2010, up 1.7%.

The surname Schiller

A German surname, carried by 9,132 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schiller is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

A surname from German.

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 9,132 people named Schiller in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,809 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,977.

#3,884

rank among US surnames

9,132

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #3,635)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,880	Worden	9,139	33,783
#3,881	Dube	9,136	33,794
#3,882	Zink	9,134	33,802
#3,884	Schiller	9,132	33,809

Who is named Schiller

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

95% of people named Schiller identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schillers

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Phil Schiller
American businessman, born 1960
Adrian Schiller
British actor (1964–2024)
Lawrence Schiller
American producer, director, and screenwriter (born 1936)
Herbert Schiller
American media critic (1919–2000)
Greta Schiller
American film director (born 1954)
Walter Schiller
Austrian-born American pathologist, 1887–1960

Notable Schillers come mostly from the United States (4), the United Kingdom (1) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schiller

Schiller has the Soundex code S460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S460.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Schiller come from?: Schiller is German in origin.
How common is the surname Schiller?: 9,132 people in the United States had the surname Schiller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,809 Americans. It ranked 3,884th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schiller?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schiller identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schiller?: Phil Schiller, American businessman, followed by Adrian Schiller.
Where is the surname Schiller most common?: Wikidata records people named Schiller in the United States, the United Kingdom and Austria.
Is the surname Schiller getting more or less common?: More common. 8,977 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,132 in 2010, up 1.7%.