How common is the surname Scholl?

9,351 people in the United States had the surname Scholl in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,017 Americans. It ranked 3,787th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Scholl?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Scholl identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Scholl?

Chiara Scholl, American tennis player.

Where is the surname Scholl most common?

Wikidata records people named Scholl in the United States.

Is the surname Scholl getting more or less common?

More common. 9,140 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,351 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Scholl

A surname, carried by 9,351 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Scholl is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

* As a German and Dutch surname, from Scholle (“clod of earth”). * Also as a Dutch and north German surname, from schol (“flounder”). * Also as a German surname, spelling variant of Schell.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,351 people named Scholl in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 33,017 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,140.

#3,787

rank among US surnames

9,351

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #3,567)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,784	Thigpen	9,359	32,989
#3,785	André	9,358	32,993
#3,786	McGrew	9,354	33,007
#3,787	Scholl	9,351	33,017

Who is named Scholl

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

96% of people named Scholl identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Scholls

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Chiara Scholl
American tennis player, born 1992

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Scholl

Scholl has the Soundex code S400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S400.

Questions

Where does the surname Scholl come from?: * As a German and Dutch surname, from Scholle (“clod of earth”). * Also as a Dutch and north German surname, from schol (“flounder”). * Also as a German surname, spelling variant of Schell.
How common is the surname Scholl?: 9,351 people in the United States had the surname Scholl in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 33,017 Americans. It ranked 3,787th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Scholl?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Scholl identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Scholl?: Chiara Scholl, American tennis player.
Where is the surname Scholl most common?: Wikidata records people named Scholl in the United States.
Is the surname Scholl getting more or less common?: More common. 9,140 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,351 in 2010, up 2.3%.