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    The surname Schoof

    A surname, carried by 821 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S100

    Schoof: #28,940 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Schoof #28,940, 821 people Schoof: #28,940 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Schoof #28,940, 821 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schoof is more common than 82.2% of them.

    Origin

    From the Dutch and German surname, from schoof (“sheaf”). Also a spelling variant of Schaaf.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 821 people named Schoof in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 376,060 Americans. That is down 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 841.

    #28,940
    rank among US surnames
    821
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #27,085)

    Who is named Schoof

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

    96% of people named Schoof identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Schoof

    Schoof has the Soundex code S100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S100.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Schoof come from?
    From the Dutch and German surname, from schoof (“sheaf”). Also a spelling variant of Schaaf.
    How common is the surname Schoof?
    821 people in the United States had the surname Schoof in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 376,060 Americans. It ranked 28,940th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Schoof?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schoof identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Schoof getting more or less common?
    Less common. 841 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 821 in 2010, down 2.4%.