# Schlesinger (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,940 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,398 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 78,362 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.2% (3,818 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Schlesinger 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Schlesinger in the United States, Austria and Hungary.

## People named Schlesinger

- Arthur M. Schlesinger, American historian, social critic, and public intellectual (1917–2007)
- Adam Schlesinger, American musician (1967–2020)
- Leon Schlesinger, American film producer (1884–1949)
- Hermann Irving Schlesinger, American chemist (1882-1960)
- Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr., American historian (1888–1965)
- Leontine Sagan, Austrian-Hungarian stage and film director
- Emma Kodály, (1863–1958) composer, translator

## Similar surnames

Slocum, Salzman, Slawson, Seligman, Salsman, Salzmann.

## 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.