How common is the surname Schloss?

2,085 people in the United States had the surname Schloss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,079 Americans. It ranked 14,349th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Schloss?

Eva Schloss, Austrian‑British Holocaust survivor and memoirist (1929–2026), followed by Irene Schloss.

Where is the surname Schloss most common?

Wikidata records people named Schloss in Austria and Argentina.

Is the surname Schloss getting more or less common?

More common. 2,049 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,085 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Schloss

A German surname, carried by 2,085 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schloss is more common than 91.2% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Schloss.

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 2,085 people named Schloss in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 148,079 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,049.

#14,349

rank among US surnames

2,085

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #13,593)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,342	Rogowski	2,086	148,008
#14,349	Moir	2,085	148,079
#14,356	Maida	2,084	148,150
#14,358	Spatz	2,083	148,222

Who is named Schloss

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

90% of people named Schloss identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schlosss

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eva Schloss
Austrian‑British Holocaust survivor and memoirist (1929–2026)
Irene Schloss
Argentine antarctic researcher, born 1953

Notable Schlosss come mostly from Austria (1) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Schloss

Schloss has the Soundex code S420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S420.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Schloss come from?: Borrowed from German Schloss.
How common is the surname Schloss?: 2,085 people in the United States had the surname Schloss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,079 Americans. It ranked 14,349th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schloss?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Schloss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Schloss?: Eva Schloss, Austrian‑British Holocaust survivor and memoirist (1929–2026), followed by Irene Schloss.
Where is the surname Schloss most common?: Wikidata records people named Schloss in Austria and Argentina.
Is the surname Schloss getting more or less common?: More common. 2,049 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,085 in 2010, up 1.8%.