# Schorr (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/schorr/  
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 | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,055 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,505 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 101,062 people |
| Change since 2000 | +11% (2,757 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a German surname, from Middle Low German schurren (“to slide”). * Also as a German surname, from Middle High German schore (“steep rock”); see shore. * As a Slavic surname, from Proto-Slavic *xǫtь (“quick”). * As a Jewish surname, spelling variant of Shor.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Schorr 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Schorr in the United States.

## People named Schorr

- Friedrich Schorr, Asutro-Hungarian opera singer

## Similar surnames

Scheer, Schauer, Scher, Scherr, Schiro, Scheuer, Schurr, Schaar, Schur, Schier, Schor, Shore.

## 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.