How common is the surname Scholtz?

1,059 people in the United States had the surname Scholtz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 291,544 Americans. It ranked 23,852nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Scholtz?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Scholtz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Scholtz getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,281 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,059 in 2010, down 17%.

The surname Scholtz

A surname, carried by 1,059 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S432

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Scholtz is more common than 85.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,059 people named Scholtz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 291,544 Americans. That is down 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,281.

#23,852

rank among US surnames

1,059

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-17.3%

change since 2000 (was #19,503)

Who is named Scholtz

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

92% of people named Scholtz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Scholtz

Scholtz has the Soundex code S432, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S432.

Questions

How common is the surname Scholtz?: 1,059 people in the United States had the surname Scholtz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 291,544 Americans. It ranked 23,852nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Scholtz?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Scholtz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Scholtz getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,281 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,059 in 2010, down 17%.