How common is the surname Schott?

9,842 people in the United States had the surname Schott in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,370 Americans. It ranked 3,607th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schott?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schott identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schott?

Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, botanist from Austria (1794-1865), followed by Basil Schott.

Where is the surname Schott most common?

Wikidata records people named Schott in the Austrian Empire and the United States.

Is the surname Schott getting more or less common?

More common. 9,645 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,842 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Schott

A surname, carried by 9,842 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schott is more common than 97.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,842 people named Schott in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,370 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,645.

#3,607

rank among US surnames

9,842

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #3,396)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,598	Quach	9,894	31,205
#3,599	Groff	9,889	31,221
#3,600	Mackay	9,886	31,231
#3,601	Thiel	9,880	31,250
#3,602	Agnew	9,856	31,326
#3,603	Aceves	9,854	31,332
#3,604	Jay	9,852	31,338

Who is named Schott

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

95% of people named Schott identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schotts

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Heinrich Wilhelm Schott
Botanist from Austria (1794-1865)
Basil Schott
American archbishop (1939-2010)

Notable Schotts come mostly from the Austrian Empire (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schott

Schott has the Soundex code S300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S300.

Questions

How common is the surname Schott?: 9,842 people in the United States had the surname Schott in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,370 Americans. It ranked 3,607th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schott?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schott identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schott?: Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, botanist from Austria (1794-1865), followed by Basil Schott.
Where is the surname Schott most common?: Wikidata records people named Schott in the Austrian Empire and the United States.
Is the surname Schott getting more or less common?: More common. 9,645 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,842 in 2010, up 2.0%.