How common is the surname Scholz?

5,169 people in the United States had the surname Scholz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,730 Americans. It ranked 6,557th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Scholz?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Scholz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Scholz?

Jackson Scholz, athletics competitor (1897–1986), followed by Tom Scholz.

Where is the surname Scholz most common?

Wikidata records people named Scholz in the United States.

Is the surname Scholz getting more or less common?

More common. 5,082 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,169 in 2010, up 1.7%.

The surname Scholz

A German surname, carried by 5,169 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Scholz is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

German origin

A surname from German.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,169 people named Scholz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 59,730 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,082.

#6,557

rank among US surnames

5,169

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #6,198)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,548	Cannady	5,172	59,696
#6,551	Peppers	5,171	59,707
#6,555	Mak	5,170	59,719
#6,557	Scholz	5,169	59,730
#6,558	Cespedes	5,168	59,742
#6,560	Stricker	5,164	59,788
#6,562	Endres	5,163	59,800

Who is named Scholz

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

95% of people named Scholz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Scholzs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jackson Scholz
Athletics competitor (1897–1986)
Tom Scholz
American rock musician, born 1947

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Scholz

Scholz has the Soundex code S420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S420.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Scholz come from?: Scholz is German in origin.
How common is the surname Scholz?: 5,169 people in the United States had the surname Scholz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,730 Americans. It ranked 6,557th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Scholz?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Scholz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Scholz?: Jackson Scholz, athletics competitor (1897–1986), followed by Tom Scholz.
Where is the surname Scholz most common?: Wikidata records people named Scholz in the United States.
Is the surname Scholz getting more or less common?: More common. 5,082 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,169 in 2010, up 1.7%.