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    The surname Schon

    A surname, carried by 1,308 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S500

    Schon: #20,322 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Schon #20,322, 1,308 people Schon: #20,322 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Schon #20,322, 1,308 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schon is more common than 87.5% of them.

    Origin

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,308 people named Schon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 236,044 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,297.

    #20,322
    rank among US surnames
    1,308
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.8%
    change since 2000 (was #19,328)

    Who is named Schon

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

    95% of people named Schon identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Schons

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kevin Schon
      American former actor and comedian, born 1958
    • Neal Schon
      American guitarist, born 1954
    • Eduard Schön
      Austrian ministerial councillor, poet and composer for male choirs (1825–1879)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Schon

    Schon has the Soundex code S500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S500.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Schon come from?
    From the German surname, from schön (“handsome, nice, beautiful”).
    How common is the surname Schon?
    1,308 people in the United States had the surname Schon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,044 Americans. It ranked 20,322nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Schon?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Schon?
    Kevin Schon, American former actor and comedian, followed by Neal Schon.
    Where is the surname Schon most common?
    Wikidata records people named Schon in the United States.
    Is the surname Schon getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,297 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,308 in 2010, up 0.8%.