# Schoon (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/schoon/  
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 | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,391 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,425 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 221,959 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.4% (1,295 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the German and Dutch surname, from a nickname meaning beautiful, from Proto-West Germanic *skaunī.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Schoon 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) | 1.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.5% |

## Similar surnames

Schoen, Schon, Schiano, Schein, Sohn, Schwan, Schwinn, Shomo, Shon, Soon, Sweeney, Snow.

## 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.