How common is the surname Schiltz?

1,758 people in the United States had the surname Schiltz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,623 Americans. It ranked 16,376th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schiltz?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schiltz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Schiltz getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,036 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,758 in 2010, down 14%.

The surname Schiltz

A surname, carried by 1,758 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S432

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schiltz is more common than 89.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,758 people named Schiltz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 175,623 Americans. That is down 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,036.

#16,376

rank among US surnames

1,758

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-13.7%

change since 2000 (was #13,665)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,370	Yutzy	1,759	175,523
#16,376	Kroger	1,758	175,623
#16,385	Trepanier	1,757	175,723

Who is named Schiltz

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

96% of people named Schiltz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schiltz

Schiltz has the Soundex code S432, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S432.

Questions

How common is the surname Schiltz?: 1,758 people in the United States had the surname Schiltz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,623 Americans. It ranked 16,376th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schiltz?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schiltz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Schiltz getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,036 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,758 in 2010, down 14%.