How common is the surname Schmit?

5,274 people in the United States had the surname Schmit in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,541 Americans. It ranked 6,438th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schmit?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schmit identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Schmit getting more or less common?

More common. 5,053 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,274 in 2010, up 4.4%.

The surname Schmit

A surname, carried by 5,274 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). Schmit is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,274 people named Schmit in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 58,541 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,053.

#6,438

rank among US surnames

5,274

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #6,234)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,434	Malave	5,278	58,497
#6,436	Downer	5,277	58,508
#6,437	Witcher	5,275	58,530
#6,438	Suzuki	5,274	58,541

Who is named Schmit

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

96% of people named Schmit identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schmit

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

Questions

How common is the surname Schmit?: 5,274 people in the United States had the surname Schmit in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,541 Americans. It ranked 6,438th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schmit?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schmit identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Schmit getting more or less common?: More common. 5,053 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,274 in 2010, up 4.4%.