How common is the surname Schneider?

101,290 people in the United States had the surname Schneider in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,048 Americans. It ranked 312th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schneider?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schneider identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schneider?

Rob Schneider, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter, followed by Dan Schneider.

Where is the surname Schneider most common?

Wikidata records people named Schneider in the United States, Austria and Canada and 1 other country.

Is the surname Schneider getting more or less common?

More common. 100,553 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 101,290 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Schneider

A German occupational surname, carried by 101,290 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S536

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schneider is more common than 99.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

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

Schneider is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

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 101,290 people named Schneider in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 3,048 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 100,553.

#312

rank among US surnames

101,290

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #272)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#303	Brewer	103,318	2,988
#304	May	103,306	2,989
#305	Holland	102,538	3,011
#306	Juarez	101,949	3,028
#307	Newman	101,931	3,029
#308	Pearson	101,836	3,032
#309	Curtis	101,801	3,033

Who is named Schneider

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

95% of people named Schneider identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schneiders

28 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rob Schneider
American actor, comedian, and screenwriter, born 1963
Dan Schneider
American television producer and actor (born 1966)
John Schneider
American actor and singer, born 1960
Paul Schneider
American film actor, born 1976
Othmar Schneider
Austrian skier and sport shooter (1928–2012)
Fred Schneider
American musician, born 1951
Eliza Schneider
American actress, born 1978
Bert Schneider
Boxer (1897-1986)
Stephen Schneider
American climatologist (1945–2010)
Cory Schneider
American ice hockey player, born 1986
Mathieu Schneider
American ice hockey player, born 1969
Marc Schneider
American rower, born 1973

Notable Schneiders come mostly from the United States (20), Austria (6) and Canada (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schneider

Schneider has the Soundex code S536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S536.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Schneider come from?: From the German surname for a tailor, from the verb schneiden (“to cut”).
How common is the surname Schneider?: 101,290 people in the United States had the surname Schneider in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,048 Americans. It ranked 312th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schneider?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schneider identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schneider?: Rob Schneider, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter, followed by Dan Schneider.
Where is the surname Schneider most common?: Wikidata records people named Schneider in the United States, Austria and Canada and 1 other country.
What type of surname is Schneider?: Schneider is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Schneider getting more or less common?: More common. 100,553 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 101,290 in 2010, up 0.7%.