# Schreier (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/schreier/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,390 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,878 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 129,182 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.8% (2,197 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Schroyer |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Schreier.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Schreier in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Schreier in the United States and Austria.

## People named Schreier

- Jake Schreier, American film director
- Jason Schreier, American video game journalist (born 1987)
- Otto Schreier, Austrian mathematician (1901–1929)

## Similar surnames

Scherer, Schroer, Scherrer, Scheerer, Schrier, Shearer, Sherer, Sharer, Schroyer, Shroyer, Sherrer, Sarwar.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.