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    The surname Schindler

    A German surname, carried by 9,801 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈʃɪn.dlɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex S534

    Schindler: #3,624 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Schindler #3,624, 9,801 people Schindler: #3,624 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Schindler #3,624, 9,801 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schindler is more common than 97.8% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Schindler. Doublet of Shingler.

    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 9,801 people named Schindler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,501 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,624.

    #3,624
    rank among US surnames
    9,801
    people in 2010
    3.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.8%
    change since 2000 (was #3,407)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,615Musser9,82031,440
    #3,616Canada9,81931,444
    #3,617Witte9,81631,453
    #3,619Johansen9,81531,456
    #3,620Delrio9,81431,460
    #3,621Guenther9,80931,476
    #3,622Taggart9,80831,479

    Who is named Schindler

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

    95% of people named Schindler identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Schindlers

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • 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, 1969–1992
    • Alma Mahler
      Austrian composer, art collector, author, editor, and socialite (1879-1964)

    Notable Schindlers come mostly from the Austrian Empire (2), Austria (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Schindler

    Schindler has the Soundex code S534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S534.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Schindler come from?
    Borrowed from German Schindler. Doublet of Shingler.
    How common is the surname Schindler?
    9,801 people in the United States had the surname Schindler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,501 Americans. It ranked 3,624th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Schindler?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schindler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Schindler?
    Anton Schindler, Associate, secretary, and early biographer of Ludwig van Beethoven (1795-1864), followed by Rudolph Schindler.
    Where is the surname Schindler most common?
    Wikidata records people named Schindler in the Austrian Empire, Austria and the United States and 1 other country.
    How do you pronounce Schindler?
    Schindler is /ˈʃɪn.dlɚ/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Schindler getting more or less common?
    More common. 9,624 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,801 in 2010, up 1.8%.