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    The surname Schmeling

    A German surname, carried by 1,634 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S545

    Schmeling: #17,319 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Schmeling #17,319, 1,634 people Schmeling: #17,319 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Schmeling #17,319, 1,634 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schmeling is more common than 89.3% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Schmeling.

    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 1,634 people named Schmeling in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,951 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,571.

    #17,319
    rank among US surnames
    1,634
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4%
    change since 2000 (was #16,745)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,311Hornyak1,635188,835
    #17,319Schmeling1,634188,951
    #17,322Noakes1,633189,066
    #17,323Galo1,632189,182

    Who is named Schmeling

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

    96% of people named Schmeling identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Schmeling

    Schmeling has the Soundex code S545, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S545.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Schmeling come from?
    Borrowed from German Schmeling.
    How common is the surname Schmeling?
    1,634 people in the United States had the surname Schmeling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,951 Americans. It ranked 17,319th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Schmeling?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schmeling identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Schmeling getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,571 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,634 in 2010, up 4.0%.