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The surname Schimmel

A surname, carried by 3,064 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S540

Schimmel: #10,484 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Schimmel #10,484, 3,064 people Schimmel: #10,484 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Schimmel #10,484, 3,064 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schimmel is more common than 93.5% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,064 people named Schimmel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 100,766 Americans. That is up 9.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,811.

#10,484
rank among US surnames
3,064
people in 2010
1.0
per 100,000 Americans
+9%
change since 2000 (was #10,478)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#10,478Doud3,066100,700
#10,480Putney3,065100,733
#10,484Caylor3,064100,766
#10,486Caffrey3,062100,831
#10,487Arens3,060100,897
#10,491Garth3,059100,930

Who is named Schimmel

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

95% of people named Schimmel identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
  • Two or more races 1.6%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schimmels

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Shoni Schimmel
    American basketball player (born 1992)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schimmel

Schimmel has the Soundex code S540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S540.

Questions

How common is the surname Schimmel?
3,064 people in the United States had the surname Schimmel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,766 Americans. It ranked 10,484th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schimmel?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schimmel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schimmel?
Shoni Schimmel, American basketball player (born 1992).
Where is the surname Schimmel most common?
Wikidata records people named Schimmel in the United States.
Is the surname Schimmel getting more or less common?
More common. 2,811 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,064 in 2010, up 9.0%.