How common is the surname Schramm?

7,543 people in the United States had the surname Schramm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,931 Americans. It ranked 4,705th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schramm?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schramm identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schramm?

David Schramm, American actor (1946-2020), followed by Wilbur Schramm.

Where is the surname Schramm most common?

Wikidata records people named Schramm in the United States.

Is the surname Schramm getting more or less common?

Less common. 7,598 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,543 in 2010, down 0.7%.

The surname Schramm

A German surname, carried by 7,543 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schramm is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

A surname from German.

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 7,543 people named Schramm in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,931 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,598.

#4,705

rank among US surnames

7,543

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.7%

change since 2000 (was #4,329)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,698	Jorgenson	7,551	40,888
#4,699	Mosby	7,549	40,899
#4,702	Yamamoto	7,547	40,910
#4,705	Schramm	7,543	40,931
#4,706	Nutt	7,541	40,942

Who is named Schramm

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

95% of people named Schramm identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schramms

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

David Schramm
American actor (1946-2020)
Wilbur Schramm
American writer, journalist, scholar (1907–1987)
Karla Schramm
American actress (1891-1980)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schramm

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Schramm come from?: Schramm is German in origin.
How common is the surname Schramm?: 7,543 people in the United States had the surname Schramm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,931 Americans. It ranked 4,705th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schramm?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schramm identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schramm?: David Schramm, American actor (1946-2020), followed by Wilbur Schramm.
Where is the surname Schramm most common?: Wikidata records people named Schramm in the United States.
Is the surname Schramm getting more or less common?: Less common. 7,598 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,543 in 2010, down 0.7%.