# Schmid (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/schmid/  
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) | 11,400 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,165 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 27,083 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.2% (11,160 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

South German surname, variant of Schmidt.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Schmid 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Schmid in Austria and the United States.

## People named Schmid

- Romano Schmid, Austrian association football player
- Manfred Schmid, Austrian luger
- Anton Schmid, Austrian soldier and Righteous Among the Nations (1900–1942)
- Manfred Schmid, Austrian association football player
- Aglaja Schmid, actress (1926-2003)
- Wilfried Schmid, American-German mathematician

## Similar surnames

Schmitt, Schmit, Schmidt, Smidt, Schwindt, Schwind, Smith, Sneed, Snead, Smyth, Smoot, Santoyo.

## 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.