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    The surname Schraufnagel

    A German occupational surname, carried by 637 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S615

    Schraufnagel: #35,345 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Schraufnagel #35,345, 637 people Schraufnagel: #35,345 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Schraufnagel #35,345, 637 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schraufnagel is more common than 78.2% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Schraufnagel, a metonymic occupational surname for a maker of screws and nails.

    Schraufnagel is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    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 637 people named Schraufnagel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 484,687 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 577.

    #35,345
    rank among US surnames
    637
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.4%
    change since 2000 (was #36,572)

    Who is named Schraufnagel

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

    98% of people named Schraufnagel identified as white (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 98%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Schraufnagel come from?
    Borrowed from German Schraufnagel, a metonymic occupational surname for a maker of screws and nails.
    How common is the surname Schraufnagel?
    637 people in the United States had the surname Schraufnagel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 484,687 Americans. It ranked 35,345th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Schraufnagel?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Schraufnagel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
    What type of surname is Schraufnagel?
    Schraufnagel is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Schraufnagel getting more or less common?
    More common. 577 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 637 in 2010, up 10%.