How common is the surname Schoenfeld?

3,408 people in the United States had the surname Schoenfeld in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,594 Americans. It ranked 9,539th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schoenfeld?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schoenfeld identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schoenfeld?

Aaron Schoenfeld, American soccer player.

Where is the surname Schoenfeld most common?

Wikidata records people named Schoenfeld in the United States.

Is the surname Schoenfeld getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,484 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,408 in 2010, down 2.2%.

The surname Schoenfeld

A surname, carried by 3,408 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S514

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schoenfeld is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

From the German and Jewish surname, from several placenames composed of schön (“beautiful”) + Feld (“field”). Compare the variant Schonfeld.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,408 people named Schoenfeld in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,594 Americans. That is down 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,484.

#9,539

rank among US surnames

3,408

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

-2.2%

change since 2000 (was #8,684)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,531	Carle	3,410	90,541
#9,535	Cardinale	3,409	90,568
#9,539	Eddington	3,408	90,594
#9,544	Harsh	3,407	90,621
#9,547	Bose	3,406	90,648
#9,548	Arney	3,405	90,674

Who is named Schoenfeld

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

95% of people named Schoenfeld identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schoenfelds

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Aaron Schoenfeld
American soccer player, born 1990

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schoenfeld

Schoenfeld has the Soundex code S514, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S514.

Questions

Where does the surname Schoenfeld come from?: From the German and Jewish surname, from several placenames composed of schön (“beautiful”) + Feld (“field”). Compare the variant Schonfeld.
How common is the surname Schoenfeld?: 3,408 people in the United States had the surname Schoenfeld in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,594 Americans. It ranked 9,539th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schoenfeld?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schoenfeld identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schoenfeld?: Aaron Schoenfeld, American soccer player.
Where is the surname Schoenfeld most common?: Wikidata records people named Schoenfeld in the United States.
Is the surname Schoenfeld getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,484 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,408 in 2010, down 2.2%.