How common is the surname Schmid?

11,400 people in the United States had the surname Schmid in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,083 Americans. It ranked 3,165th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schmid?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schmid identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schmid?

Romano Schmid, Austrian association football player, followed by Manfred Schmid.

Where is the surname Schmid most common?

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

Is the surname Schmid getting more or less common?

More common. 11,160 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,400 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Schmid

A German surname, carried by 11,400 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schmid is more common than 98% of them.

Origin

German origin

South German surname, variant of Schmidt.

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 11,400 people named Schmid in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,083 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,160.

#3,165

rank among US surnames

11,400

people in 2010

3.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #2,965)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,156	Baumgartner	11,448	26,969
#3,157	Devore	11,445	26,976
#3,158	Hyman	11,436	26,998
#3,159	Wenzel	11,432	27,007
#3,160	Janssen	11,423	27,028
#3,161	Lauer	11,414	27,050
#3,162	Gresham	11,412	27,054

Who is named Schmid

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

95% of people named Schmid identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schmids

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Romano Schmid
Austrian association football player, born 2000
Manfred Schmid
Austrian luger, born 1944
Anton Schmid
Austrian soldier and Righteous Among the Nations (1900–1942)
Manfred Schmid
Austrian association football player, born 1971
Aglaja Schmid
Actress (1926-2003)
Wilfried Schmid
American-German mathematician, born 1943

Notable Schmids come mostly from Austria (5) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schmid

Schmid has the Soundex code S530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S530.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Schmid come from?: South German surname, variant of Schmidt.
How common is the surname Schmid?: 11,400 people in the United States had the surname Schmid in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,083 Americans. It ranked 3,165th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schmid?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schmid identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schmid?: Romano Schmid, Austrian association football player, followed by Manfred Schmid.
Where is the surname Schmid most common?: Wikidata records people named Schmid in Austria and the United States.
Is the surname Schmid getting more or less common?: More common. 11,160 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,400 in 2010, up 2.2%.