How common is the surname Schmelzer?

2,050 people in the United States had the surname Schmelzer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 150,608 Americans. It ranked 14,537th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schmelzer?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Schmelzer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schmelzer?

Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Austrian composer and musician (1620–1680).

Where is the surname Schmelzer most common?

Wikidata records people named Schmelzer in the Holy Roman Empire.

Is the surname Schmelzer getting more or less common?

More common. 2,009 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,050 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Schmelzer

A surname, carried by 2,050 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S542

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schmelzer is more common than 91% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,050 people named Schmelzer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 150,608 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,009.

#14,537

rank among US surnames

2,050

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #13,812)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,528	Choquette	2,052	150,461
#14,532	Anspach	2,051	150,534
#14,537	Wagnon	2,050	150,608
#14,545	Dolin	2,049	150,681

Who is named Schmelzer

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

97% of people named Schmelzer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schmelzers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Johann Heinrich Schmelzer
Austrian composer and musician (1620–1680)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schmelzer

Schmelzer 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 Schmelzer?: 2,050 people in the United States had the surname Schmelzer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 150,608 Americans. It ranked 14,537th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schmelzer?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Schmelzer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schmelzer?: Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Austrian composer and musician (1620–1680).
Where is the surname Schmelzer most common?: Wikidata records people named Schmelzer in the Holy Roman Empire.
Is the surname Schmelzer getting more or less common?: More common. 2,009 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,050 in 2010, up 2.0%.