How common is the surname Schlee?

671 people in the United States had the surname Schlee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 460,127 Americans. It ranked 33,894th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Schlee?

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

Where is the surname Schlee most common?

Wikidata records people named Schlee in the United States.

Is the surname Schlee getting more or less common?

Less common. 710 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 671 in 2010, down 5.5%.

The surname Schlee

A German surname, carried by 671 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schlee is more common than 79.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

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”).

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 671 people named Schlee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 460,127 Americans. That is down 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 710.

#33,894

rank among US surnames

671

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-5.5%

change since 2000 (was #30,929)

Who is named Schlee

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

96% of people named Schlee identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as two or more races and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Two or more races 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schlees

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles Schlee
American racing cyclist (1873-1947)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schlee

Schlee has the Soundex code S400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S400.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Schlee come from?: 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”).
How common is the surname Schlee?: 671 people in the United States had the surname Schlee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 460,127 Americans. It ranked 33,894th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schlee?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schlee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Schlee?: Charles Schlee, American racing cyclist (1873-1947).
Where is the surname Schlee most common?: Wikidata records people named Schlee in the United States.
Is the surname Schlee getting more or less common?: Less common. 710 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 671 in 2010, down 5.5%.