How common is the surname Schreier?

2,390 people in the United States had the surname Schreier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,182 Americans. It ranked 12,878th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schreier?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schreier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schreier?

Jake Schreier, American film director, followed by Jason Schreier.

Where is the surname Schreier most common?

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

Is the surname Schreier getting more or less common?

More common. 2,197 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,390 in 2010, up 8.8%.

The surname Schreier

A German surname, carried by 2,390 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S660

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schreier is more common than 92.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Schreier.

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 2,390 people named Schreier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 129,182 Americans. That is up 8.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,197.

#12,878

rank among US surnames

2,390

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+8.8%

change since 2000 (was #12,841)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,869	Buckwalter	2,392	129,074
#12,872	Luebke	2,391	129,128
#12,878	Silber	2,390	129,182
#12,881	Dearth	2,389	129,236
#12,884	Capetillo	2,388	129,290
#12,886	Winfree	2,387	129,345

Who is named Schreier

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

96% of people named Schreier identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schreiers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jake Schreier
American film director, born 1981
Jason Schreier
American video game journalist (born 1987)
Otto Schreier
Austrian mathematician (1901–1929)

Notable Schreiers come mostly from the United States (2) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Schroyer

Surnames that sound like Schreier

Schreier has the Soundex code S660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S660.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Schreier come from?: Borrowed from German Schreier.
How common is the surname Schreier?: 2,390 people in the United States had the surname Schreier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,182 Americans. It ranked 12,878th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schreier?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schreier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schreier?: Jake Schreier, American film director, followed by Jason Schreier.
Where is the surname Schreier most common?: Wikidata records people named Schreier in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Schreier getting more or less common?: More common. 2,197 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,390 in 2010, up 8.8%.
What are other spellings of Schreier?: Schroyer.