How common is the surname Schnabel?

3,110 people in the United States had the surname Schnabel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,275 Americans. It ranked 10,365th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schnabel?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schnabel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schnabel?

Julian Schnabel, American painter and filmmaker (born 1951), followed by Artur Schnabel.

Where is the surname Schnabel most common?

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

Is the surname Schnabel getting more or less common?

More common. 3,050 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,110 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Schnabel

A German surname, carried by 3,110 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S514

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schnabel is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Schnabel.

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 3,110 people named Schnabel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 99,275 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,050.

#10,365

rank among US surnames

3,110

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #9,782)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,358	Peirce	3,111	99,243
#10,365	Bollman	3,110	99,275
#10,369	Lofgren	3,109	99,307
#10,371	Jiminez	3,108	99,339
#10,372	Fasano	3,107	99,371
#10,373	McLamb	3,106	99,403

Who is named Schnabel

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

95% of people named Schnabel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schnabels

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Julian Schnabel
American painter and filmmaker (born 1951)
Artur Schnabel
Austrian pianist (1882-1951)
Alois Schnabel
Austrian handball player (1910-1982)
Karl Ulrich Schnabel
Austrian musician (1909-2001)

Notable Schnabels come mostly from Austria (3) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schnabel

Schonfeld

Schnabel has the Soundex code S514, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S514.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Schnabel come from?: Borrowed from German Schnabel.
How common is the surname Schnabel?: 3,110 people in the United States had the surname Schnabel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,275 Americans. It ranked 10,365th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schnabel?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schnabel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schnabel?: Julian Schnabel, American painter and filmmaker (born 1951), followed by Artur Schnabel.
Where is the surname Schnabel most common?: Wikidata records people named Schnabel in Austria and the United States.
Is the surname Schnabel getting more or less common?: More common. 3,050 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,110 in 2010, up 2.0%.