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    The surname Schram

    A Dutch surname, carried by 4,634 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S650

    Schram: #7,205 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Schram #7,205, 4,634 people Schram: #7,205 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Schram #7,205, 4,634 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schram is more common than 95.6% of them.

    Origin

    Dutch origin

    A surname from Dutch.

    One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,634 people named Schram in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,626 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,574.

    #7,205
    rank among US surnames
    4,634
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #6,792)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,201Tryon4,63866,569
    #7,203Rigney4,63766,583
    #7,204Nord4,63566,612
    #7,205Nickles4,63466,626

    Who is named Schram

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

    96% of people named Schram identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Schrams

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jessy Schram
      American actress, born 1986
    • Bitty Schram
      American actress, born 1968
    • Stuart R. Schram
      American physicist and sinologist (1924-2012)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Schram

    Schram has the Soundex code S650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S650.

    Other Dutch surnames

    All 167 Dutch surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Schram come from?
    Schram is Dutch in origin.
    How common is the surname Schram?
    4,634 people in the United States had the surname Schram in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,626 Americans. It ranked 7,205th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Schram?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schram identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Schram?
    Jessy Schram, American actress, followed by Bitty Schram.
    Where is the surname Schram most common?
    Wikidata records people named Schram in the United States.
    Is the surname Schram getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,574 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,634 in 2010, up 1.3%.