How common is the surname Schoenberg?

1,764 people in the United States had the surname Schoenberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,026 Americans. It ranked 16,338th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schoenberg?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schoenberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schoenberg?

Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian-Jewish American composer (1874-1951), followed by E. Randol Schoenberg.

Where is the surname Schoenberg most common?

Wikidata records people named Schoenberg in Austria and the United States.

Is the surname Schoenberg getting more or less common?

More common. 1,746 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,764 in 2010, up 1.0%.

The surname Schoenberg

A surname, carried by 1,764 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S516

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schoenberg is more common than 89.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,764 people named Schoenberg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 175,026 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,746.

#16,338

rank among US surnames

1,764

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1%

change since 2000 (was #15,413)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,338	Sifford	1,764	175,026
#16,343	Scheffer	1,763	175,125

Who is named Schoenberg

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

96% of people named Schoenberg identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schoenbergs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Arnold Schoenberg
Austrian-Jewish American composer (1874-1951)
E. Randol Schoenberg
American lawyer, born 1966

Notable Schoenbergs come mostly from Austria (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schoenberg

Schoenberg has the Soundex code S516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S516.

Questions

How common is the surname Schoenberg?: 1,764 people in the United States had the surname Schoenberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,026 Americans. It ranked 16,338th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schoenberg?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schoenberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schoenberg?: Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian-Jewish American composer (1874-1951), followed by E. Randol Schoenberg.
Where is the surname Schoenberg most common?: Wikidata records people named Schoenberg in Austria and the United States.
Is the surname Schoenberg getting more or less common?: More common. 1,746 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,764 in 2010, up 1.0%.