How common is the surname Schmalz?

2,151 people in the United States had the surname Schmalz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,536 Americans. It ranked 14,004th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schmalz?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schmalz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Schmalz getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,213 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,151 in 2010, down 2.8%.

The surname Schmalz

A surname, carried by 2,151 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S542

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schmalz is more common than 91.4% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,151 people named Schmalz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 143,536 Americans. That is down 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,213.

#14,004

rank among US surnames

2,151

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-2.8%

change since 2000 (was #12,783)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,997	Heimann	2,153	143,402
#14,004	Schmalz	2,151	143,536
#14,006	Dingess	2,150	143,603

Who is named Schmalz

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

96% of people named Schmalz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schmalz

Schmelzer

Schmalz has the Soundex code S542, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S542.

Questions

How common is the surname Schmalz?: 2,151 people in the United States had the surname Schmalz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 143,536 Americans. It ranked 14,004th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schmalz?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schmalz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Schmalz getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,213 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,151 in 2010, down 2.8%.