How common is the surname Schoen?

8,140 people in the United States had the surname Schoen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,929 Americans. It ranked 4,365th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schoen?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schoen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schoen?

Richard Schoen, American mathematician.

Where is the surname Schoen most common?

Wikidata records people named Schoen in the United States.

Is the surname Schoen getting more or less common?

Less common. 8,155 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,140 in 2010, down 0.2%.

The surname Schoen

A surname, carried by 8,140 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schoen is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

As a German surname, from schön (“beautiful, nice”). As a Dutch surname, from schoen (“shoe”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,140 people named Schoen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,929 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 8,155.

#4,365

rank among US surnames

8,140

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

-0.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,000)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,357	Stallworth	8,155	37,860
#4,358	Ralph	8,153	37,869
#4,359	Tracey	8,152	37,874
#4,361	Mercier	8,149	37,888
#4,362	Oviedo	8,145	37,906
#4,363	Stinnett	8,142	37,920
#4,364	Ferrari	8,141	37,925

Who is named Schoen

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

96% of people named Schoen identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schoens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Richard Schoen
American mathematician, born 1950

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schoen

Schoen has the Soundex code S500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S500.

Questions

Where does the surname Schoen come from?: As a German surname, from schön (“beautiful, nice”). As a Dutch surname, from schoen (“shoe”).
How common is the surname Schoen?: 8,140 people in the United States had the surname Schoen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,929 Americans. It ranked 4,365th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schoen?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schoen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schoen?: Richard Schoen, American mathematician.
Where is the surname Schoen most common?: Wikidata records people named Schoen in the United States.
Is the surname Schoen getting more or less common?: Less common. 8,155 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,140 in 2010, down 0.2%.