How common is the surname Schnitzer?

1,615 people in the United States had the surname Schnitzer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,174 Americans. It ranked 17,455th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schnitzer?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Schnitzer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Schnitzer getting more or less common?

More common. 1,604 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,615 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Schnitzer

A German surname, carried by 1,615 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S532

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schnitzer is more common than 89.2% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Schnitzer.

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 1,615 people named Schnitzer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 191,174 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,604.

#17,455

rank among US surnames

1,615

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #16,494)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,447	Gaye	1,616	191,055
#17,455	Fredericksen	1,615	191,174
#17,463	Bazaldua	1,614	191,292

Who is named Schnitzer

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

97% of people named Schnitzer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schnitzer

Schnitzer has the Soundex code S532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S532.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Schnitzer come from?: Borrowed from German Schnitzer.
How common is the surname Schnitzer?: 1,615 people in the United States had the surname Schnitzer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,174 Americans. It ranked 17,455th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schnitzer?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Schnitzer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Schnitzer getting more or less common?: More common. 1,604 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,615 in 2010, up 0.7%.