# Schneider (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/schneider/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation] meaning "tailor".

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 101,290 |
| US rank (2010) | 312 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 3,048 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.7% (100,553 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the German surname for a tailor, from the verb schneiden (“to cut”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Schneider in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Schneider in the United States, Austria, Canada and Switzerland.

## People named Schneider

- Rob Schneider, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter
- Dan Schneider, American television producer and actor (born 1966)
- John Schneider, American actor and singer
- Paul Schneider, American film actor
- Othmar Schneider, Austrian skier and sport shooter (1928–2012)
- Fred Schneider, American musician
- Eliza Schneider, American actress
- Bert Schneider, boxer (1897-1986)
- Stephen Schneider, American climatologist (1945–2010)
- Cory Schneider, American ice hockey player
- Mathieu Schneider, American ice hockey player
- Marc Schneider, American rower

and 16 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Snider, Schneiderman, Schmieder, Sender, Sanders, Snyder, Saunders, Sanderson, Sander, Santoro, Smothers, Sunderland.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.