How common is the surname Schorr?

3,055 people in the United States had the surname Schorr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,062 Americans. It ranked 10,505th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schorr?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schorr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schorr?

Friedrich Schorr, Asutro-Hungarian opera singer.

Where is the surname Schorr most common?

Wikidata records people named Schorr in the United States.

Is the surname Schorr getting more or less common?

More common. 2,757 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,055 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Schorr

A German surname, carried by 3,055 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schorr is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

German origin

* 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.

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 3,055 people named Schorr in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,062 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,757.

#10,505

rank among US surnames

3,055

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+10.8%

change since 2000 (was #10,650)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,498	Chatfield	3,057	100,996
#10,499	Fulbright	3,056	101,029
#10,505	Zeno	3,055	101,062
#10,510	Ferrel	3,054	101,095
#10,512	Beagle	3,053	101,129
#10,514	Konrad	3,052	101,162

Who is named Schorr

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

96% of people named Schorr identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schorrs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Friedrich Schorr
Asutro-Hungarian opera singer, 1888–1953

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schorr

Schorr 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 Schorr come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Schorr?: 3,055 people in the United States had the surname Schorr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,062 Americans. It ranked 10,505th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schorr?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schorr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schorr?: Friedrich Schorr, Asutro-Hungarian opera singer.
Where is the surname Schorr most common?: Wikidata records people named Schorr in the United States.
Is the surname Schorr getting more or less common?: More common. 2,757 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,055 in 2010, up 11%.