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    The surname Schnell

    A surname, carried by 6,708 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S540

    Schnell: #5,208 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Schnell #5,208, 6,708 people Schnell: #5,208 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Schnell #5,208, 6,708 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schnell is more common than 96.8% of them.

    Origin

    German and Jewish surname, from the adjective schnell (“quick, swift”). Compare Snell, Speed.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,708 people named Schnell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,026 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,647.

    #5,208
    rank among US surnames
    6,708
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.9%
    change since 2000 (was #4,844)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,203Farah6,71845,958
    #5,204Farkas6,71445,985
    #5,206Lash6,71245,999
    #5,208Schnell6,70846,026

    Who is named Schnell

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

    96% of people named Schnell 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%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Schnells

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Delaney Schnell
      American diver, born 1998

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Schnell

    Schnell has the Soundex code S540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S540.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Schnell come from?
    German and Jewish surname, from the adjective schnell (“quick, swift”). Compare Snell, Speed.
    How common is the surname Schnell?
    6,708 people in the United States had the surname Schnell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,026 Americans. It ranked 5,208th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Schnell?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schnell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Schnell?
    Delaney Schnell, American diver.
    Where is the surname Schnell most common?
    Wikidata records people named Schnell in the United States.
    Is the surname Schnell getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,647 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,708 in 2010, up 0.9%.