The surname Schlecht
A surname, carried by 2,118 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex S423
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,118 people named Schlecht in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 145,772 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,772.
#14,178
rank among US surnames
2,118
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+19.5%
change since 2000 (was #15,244)
Who is named Schlecht
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Schlecht identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
- Two or more races 1.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Schlecht
Schlecht has the Soundex code S423, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S423.
Questions
- How common is the surname Schlecht?
- 2,118 people in the United States had the surname Schlecht in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,772 Americans. It ranked 14,178th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Schlecht?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Schlecht identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Schlecht getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,772 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,118 in 2010, up 20%.