How common is the surname Schmitt?

36,043 people in the United States had the surname Schmitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,566 Americans. It ranked 967th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schmitt?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schmitt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schmitt?

Harrison Schmitt, Astronaut, geologist, politician, 12th man to walk on the moon (Apollo 17), followed by Allison Schmitt.

Where is the surname Schmitt most common?

Wikidata records people named Schmitt in the United States.

Is the surname Schmitt getting more or less common?

More common. 35,326 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 36,043 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Schmitt

A German surname, carried by 36,043 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). Schmitt is more common than 99.4% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Schmitt.

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 36,043 people named Schmitt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,566 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 35,326.

#967

rank among US surnames

36,043

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #898)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#958	Burch	36,269	8,513
#959	Maddox	36,250	8,517
#960	Vo	36,236	8,520
#961	O'Connell	36,194	8,530
#962	Vu	36,179	8,534
#963	Andersen	36,150	8,541
#964	Spence	36,129	8,546

Who is named Schmitt

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

96% of people named Schmitt identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schmitts

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Harrison Schmitt
Astronaut, geologist, politician, 12th man to walk on the moon (Apollo 17), born 1935
Allison Schmitt
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder, born 1990
Eric Schmitt
American politician and lawyer (born 1975)
John Schmitt
American rower (1901-1991)
Otto Schmitt
American scientist (1913–1998)
Al Schmitt
American recording engineer and record producer (1930–2021)
Bernadotte Everly Schmitt
American historian (1886–1969)
Johann Heinrich von Schmitt
Austrian army commander, 1744–1805

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schmitt

Schmitt 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 Schmitt come from?: Borrowed from German Schmitt.
How common is the surname Schmitt?: 36,043 people in the United States had the surname Schmitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,566 Americans. It ranked 967th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schmitt?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schmitt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schmitt?: Harrison Schmitt, Astronaut, geologist, politician, 12th man to walk on the moon (Apollo 17), followed by Allison Schmitt.
Where is the surname Schmitt most common?: Wikidata records people named Schmitt in the United States.
Is the surname Schmitt getting more or less common?: More common. 35,326 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 36,043 in 2010, up 2.0%.