How common is the surname Schoenherr?

1,499 people in the United States had the surname Schoenherr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,968 Americans. It ranked 18,457th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schoenherr?

In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Schoenherr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Schoenherr getting more or less common?

More common. 1,356 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,499 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Schoenherr

A surname, carried by 1,499 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S560

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schoenherr is more common than 88.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,499 people named Schoenherr in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 205,968 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,356.

#18,457

rank among US surnames

1,499

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+10.5%

change since 2000 (was #18,712)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,448	Ristau	1,500	205,830
#18,457	Weakland	1,499	205,968

Who is named Schoenherr

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

98% of people named Schoenherr identified as white (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 98%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
Two or more races 0.7%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schoenherr

Schoenherr 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 Schoenherr?: 1,499 people in the United States had the surname Schoenherr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,968 Americans. It ranked 18,457th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schoenherr?: In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Schoenherr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Schoenherr getting more or less common?: More common. 1,356 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,499 in 2010, up 11%.