How common is the surname Schow?

1,235 people in the United States had the surname Schow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,996 Americans. It ranked 21,237th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schow?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Schow getting more or less common?

More common. 1,047 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,235 in 2010, up 18%.

The surname Schow

A surname, carried by 1,235 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schow is more common than 86.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,235 people named Schow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 249,996 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,047.

#21,237

rank among US surnames

1,235

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+18%

change since 2000 (was #22,833)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#21,228	Corle	1,236	249,794
#21,237	Tillson	1,235	249,996

Who is named Schow

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

95% of people named Schow identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schow

Schow has the Soundex code S000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S000.

Questions

How common is the surname Schow?: 1,235 people in the United States had the surname Schow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,996 Americans. It ranked 21,237th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schow?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Schow getting more or less common?: More common. 1,047 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,235 in 2010, up 18%.