How common is the surname Schonfeld?

1,016 people in the United States had the surname Schonfeld in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 303,883 Americans. It ranked 24,593rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schonfeld?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schonfeld identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schonfeld?

Heinrich Schönfeld, Association footballer (1900–1976).

Where is the surname Schonfeld most common?

Wikidata records people named Schonfeld in Austria.

Is the surname Schonfeld getting more or less common?

More common. 924 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,016 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Schonfeld

A surname, carried by 1,016 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S514

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schonfeld is more common than 84.8% of them.

Origin

From the German and Jewish surname (Schönfeld), variant of Schoenfeld.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,016 people named Schonfeld in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 303,883 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 924.

#24,593

rank among US surnames

1,016

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+10%

change since 2000 (was #25,169)

Who is named Schonfeld

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

95% of people named Schonfeld identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schonfelds

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Heinrich Schönfeld
Association footballer (1900–1976)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schonfeld

Schonfeld has the Soundex code S514, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S514.

Questions

Where does the surname Schonfeld come from?: From the German and Jewish surname (Schönfeld), variant of Schoenfeld.
How common is the surname Schonfeld?: 1,016 people in the United States had the surname Schonfeld in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 303,883 Americans. It ranked 24,593rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schonfeld?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schonfeld identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schonfeld?: Heinrich Schönfeld, Association footballer (1900–1976).
Where is the surname Schonfeld most common?: Wikidata records people named Schonfeld in Austria.
Is the surname Schonfeld getting more or less common?: More common. 924 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,016 in 2010, up 10%.