# Schindler (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/schindler/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,801 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,624 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 31,501 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.8% (9,624 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈʃɪn.dlɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Schindler. Doublet of Shingler.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Schindler in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Schindler in the Austrian Empire, Austria, the United States and Czechoslovakia.

## People named Schindler

- Anton Schindler, Associate, secretary, and early biographer of Ludwig van Beethoven (1795-1864)
- Rudolph Schindler, American architect (1887–1953)
- Emil Jakob Schindler, Austrian landscape painter and the father of Alma Mahler. (1842-1892)
- Allen R. Schindler, Jr., American Radioman Petty Officer Third Class in the United States Navy who was murdered for
- Alma Mahler, Austrian composer, art collector, author, editor, and socialite (1879-1964)

## Similar surnames

Swindle, Sandler, Schendel, Swindler, Sindelar, Santillan, Sandlin, Swindell, Smedley, Santillo, Sandell, Santillanes.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.