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    The surname Schnur

    A surname, carried by 1,937 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S560

    Schnur: #15,210 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Schnur #15,210, 1,937 people Schnur: #15,210 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Schnur #15,210, 1,937 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schnur is more common than 90.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,937 people named Schnur in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 159,394 Americans. That is up 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,808.

    #15,210
    rank among US surnames
    1,937
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.1%
    change since 2000 (was #15,005)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,201Munk1,938159,311
    #15,210Schnur1,937159,394
    #15,217Nathanson1,936159,476

    Who is named Schnur

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

    95% of people named Schnur identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    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 Schnur

    Schnur has the Soundex code S560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S560.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Schnur?
    1,937 people in the United States had the surname Schnur in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 159,394 Americans. It ranked 15,210th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Schnur?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schnur identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Schnur getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,808 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,937 in 2010, up 7.1%.