# Schloss (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/schloss/  
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) | 2,085 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,349 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 148,079 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.8% (2,049 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Schloss.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Schloss 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Schloss in Austria and Argentina.

## People named Schloss

- Eva Schloss, Austrian‑British Holocaust survivor and memoirist (1929–2026)
- Irene Schloss, Argentine antarctic researcher

## Similar surnames

Schulz, Scholz, Scholes, Schalk, Sloss, Scoles, Solis, Salas, Seals, Slack, Scales, Sales.

## 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.