How common is the surname Schofield?

12,790 people in the United States had the surname Schofield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,140 Americans. It ranked 2,822nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Schofield?

David Schofield, British actor, followed by Admiral Schofield.

Where is the surname Schofield most common?

Wikidata records people named Schofield in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Is the surname Schofield getting more or less common?

More common. 12,356 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,790 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Schofield

A surname, carried by 12,790 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S143

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schofield is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,790 people named Schofield in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,140 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,356.

#2,822

rank among US surnames

12,790

people in 2010

4.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #2,686)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,813	Andres	12,821	24,081
#2,814	Willingham	12,818	24,087
#2,815	Ragland	12,816	24,091
#2,816	Aiken	12,812	24,098
#2,817	Caron	12,810	24,102
#2,818	Snodgrass	12,806	24,109
#2,819	Gaffney	12,805	24,111

Who is named Schofield

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

88% of people named Schofield identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schofields

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

David Schofield
British actor, born 1951
Admiral Schofield
American basketball player (born 1997)
Phillip Schofield
British broadcaster and television personality, born 1962
Andrew N. Schofield
British engineer (1930–2025)
Kendall Coyne
American ice hockey player, born 1992

Notable Schofields come mostly from the United Kingdom (4) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schofield

Schofield has the Soundex code S143, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S143.

Questions

How common is the surname Schofield?: 12,790 people in the United States had the surname Schofield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,140 Americans. It ranked 2,822nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schofield?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Schofield identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Schofield?: David Schofield, British actor, followed by Admiral Schofield.
Where is the surname Schofield most common?: Wikidata records people named Schofield in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Is the surname Schofield getting more or less common?: More common. 12,356 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,790 in 2010, up 3.5%.