How common is the surname Schoonmaker?

2,767 people in the United States had the surname Schoonmaker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,581 Americans. It ranked 11,395th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Schoonmaker?

Thelma Schoonmaker, American film editor.

Where is the surname Schoonmaker most common?

Wikidata records people named Schoonmaker in the United States.

Is the surname Schoonmaker getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,773 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,767 in 2010, down 0.2%.

The surname Schoonmaker

A surname, carried by 2,767 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S526

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schoonmaker is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,767 people named Schoonmaker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 111,581 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,773.

#11,395

rank among US surnames

2,767

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-0.2%

change since 2000 (was #10,606)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,388	Max	2,769	111,501
#11,393	Ickes	2,768	111,541
#11,395	Schneck	2,767	111,581
#11,402	Terhune	2,766	111,622
#11,404	Cremeans	2,765	111,662

Who is named Schoonmaker

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

94% of people named Schoonmaker identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.3%

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 Schoonmakers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Thelma Schoonmaker
American film editor, born 1940

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schoonmaker

Schoonmaker has the Soundex code S526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S526.

Questions

How common is the surname Schoonmaker?: 2,767 people in the United States had the surname Schoonmaker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,581 Americans. It ranked 11,395th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schoonmaker?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Schoonmaker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schoonmaker?: Thelma Schoonmaker, American film editor.
Where is the surname Schoonmaker most common?: Wikidata records people named Schoonmaker in the United States.
Is the surname Schoonmaker getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,773 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,767 in 2010, down 0.2%.