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    The surname Schrader

    A surname, carried by 16,727 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S636

    Schrader: #2,171 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Schrader #2,171, 16,727 people Schrader: #2,171 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Schrader #2,171, 16,727 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schrader is more common than 98.7% of them.

    Origin

    From German Schrader

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,727 people named Schrader in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,458 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,464.

    #2,171
    rank among US surnames
    16,727
    people in 2010
    5.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.6%
    change since 2000 (was #2,021)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,162Eastman16,79118,388
    #2,163Crandall16,78118,399
    #2,164Light16,76918,412
    #2,166Almeida16,76018,422
    #2,167Hawthorne16,75818,424
    #2,168Pendleton16,75118,431
    #2,169Naylor16,74518,438

    Who is named Schrader

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

    95% of people named Schrader identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Schraders

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Paul Schrader
      American screenwriter and film director (born 1946)
    • Leonard Schrader
      American screenwriter and film director (1943-2006)
    • Ken Schrader
      American racing driver, born 1955

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Schrader

    Schrader has the Soundex code S636, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S636.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Schrader come from?
    From German Schrader
    How common is the surname Schrader?
    16,727 people in the United States had the surname Schrader in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,458 Americans. It ranked 2,171st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Schrader?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schrader identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Schrader?
    Paul Schrader, American screenwriter and film director (born 1946), followed by Leonard Schrader.
    Where is the surname Schrader most common?
    Wikidata records people named Schrader in the United States.
    Is the surname Schrader getting more or less common?
    More common. 16,464 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,727 in 2010, up 1.6%.