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    The surname Schoenberger

    A surname, carried by 2,136 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S516

    Schoenberger: #14,082 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Schoenberger #14,082, 2,136 people Schoenberger: #14,082 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Schoenberger #14,082, 2,136 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schoenberger is more common than 91.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,136 people named Schoenberger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 144,544 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,081.

    #14,082
    rank among US surnames
    2,136
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.6%
    change since 2000 (was #13,421)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,076Ellefson2,137144,476
    #14,082Pai2,136144,544
    #14,084Youngberg2,135144,611
    #14,090Cumbie2,134144,679

    Who is named Schoenberger

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

    95% of people named Schoenberger identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • 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.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Schoenberger

    Schoenberger 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 Schoenberger?
    2,136 people in the United States had the surname Schoenberger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,544 Americans. It ranked 14,082nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Schoenberger?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schoenberger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Schoenberger getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,081 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,136 in 2010, up 2.6%.