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    The surname Schmuck

    A German surname, carried by 1,646 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S520

    Schmuck: #17,202 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Schmuck #17,202, 1,646 people Schmuck: #17,202 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Schmuck #17,202, 1,646 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schmuck is more common than 89.4% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    A surname from German.

    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 1,646 people named Schmuck in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 187,573 Americans. That is up 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,540.

    #17,202
    rank among US surnames
    1,646
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.9%
    change since 2000 (was #17,001)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,193Vancleve1,647187,459
    #17,202Entrekin1,646187,573

    Who is named Schmuck

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

    96% of people named Schmuck identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as two or more races and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Schmucks

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Marcus Schmuck
      Austrian mountain climber (1925-2005)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Schmuck

    Schmuck has the Soundex code S520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S520.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Schmuck come from?
    Schmuck is German in origin.
    How common is the surname Schmuck?
    1,646 people in the United States had the surname Schmuck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 187,573 Americans. It ranked 17,202nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Schmuck?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schmuck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Schmuck?
    Marcus Schmuck, Austrian mountain climber (1925-2005).
    Where is the surname Schmuck most common?
    Wikidata records people named Schmuck in Austria.
    Is the surname Schmuck getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,540 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,646 in 2010, up 6.9%.