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    The surname Schor

    A German surname, carried by 772 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S600

    Schor: #30,303 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Schor #30,303, 772 people Schor: #30,303 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Schor #30,303, 772 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schor is more common than 81.3% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    From the German surname, from Middle High German schor (“shovel”). See scheren (“to till, cut, prune”).

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 772 people named Schor in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 399,929 Americans. That is down 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 828.

    #30,303
    rank among US surnames
    772
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -6.8%
    change since 2000 (was #27,413)

    Who is named Schor

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

    95% of people named Schor identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Schors

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Gabriele Schor
      Austrian writer, art critic and curator, born 1961

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    Surnames that sound like Schor

    Schor has the Soundex code S600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S600.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Schor come from?
    From the German surname, from Middle High German schor (“shovel”). See scheren (“to till, cut, prune”).
    How common is the surname Schor?
    772 people in the United States had the surname Schor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 399,929 Americans. It ranked 30,303rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Schor?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schor identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Schor?
    Gabriele Schor, Austrian writer, art critic and curator.
    Where is the surname Schor most common?
    Wikidata records people named Schor in Austria.
    Is the surname Schor getting more or less common?
    Less common. 828 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 772 in 2010, down 6.8%.