# Schlee (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/schlee/  
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) | 671 |
| US rank (2010) | 33,894 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 460,127 people |
| Change since 2000 | -5.5% (710 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

German surname, from the noun Schlehe (“sloe bush”). Also from the archaic Middle High German slē (“slow, lethargic”), from Old High German slēo, from Proto-West Germanic *slaiw, from Proto-Germanic *slaiwaz (“weak, sluggish, lethargic”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Schlee 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) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Schlee in the United States.

## People named Schlee

- Charles Schlee, American racing cyclist (1873-1947)

## Similar surnames

Schell, Scholl, Schooley, Schall, Scheel, Schill, Schley, Scheele, Schaal, Schiele, Sheely, Sheley.

## 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.