# Schon (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/schon/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,308 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,322 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 236,044 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.8% (1,297 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the German surname, from schön (“handsome, nice, beautiful”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Schon in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Schon in the United States.

## People named Schon

- Kevin Schon, American former actor and comedian
- Neal Schon, American guitarist
- Eduard Schön, Austrian ministerial councillor, poet and composer for male choirs (1825–1879)

## Similar surnames

Schoen, Schoon, Schiano, Schein, Schwan, Schwinn, Shon, Sweeney, Snow, Sheehan, Swain, Sun.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.