How common is the surname Schreiner?

8,152 people in the United States had the surname Schreiner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,874 Americans. It ranked 4,359th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schreiner?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schreiner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schreiner?

Frank Schreiner, American water polo player (1879-1937), followed by Thomas Schreiner.

Where is the surname Schreiner most common?

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

Is the surname Schreiner getting more or less common?

More common. 8,050 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,152 in 2010, up 1.3%.

The surname Schreiner

A German surname, carried by 8,152 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S656

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schreiner is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Schreiner.

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 8,152 people named Schreiner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,874 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,050.

#4,359

rank among US surnames

8,152

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #4,061)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,351	Leclair	8,162	37,827
#4,352	Sammons	8,161	37,832
#4,353	An	8,160	37,836
#4,354	Knowlton	8,157	37,850
#4,355	Tillery	8,156	37,855
#4,357	Stallworth	8,155	37,860
#4,358	Ralph	8,153	37,869

Who is named Schreiner

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

96% of people named Schreiner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schreiners

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Frank Schreiner
American water polo player (1879-1937)
Thomas Schreiner
Austrian basketball player (born 1987)

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Shreiner

Surnames that sound like Schreiner

Schreiner has the Soundex code S656, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S656.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Schreiner come from?: Borrowed from German Schreiner.
How common is the surname Schreiner?: 8,152 people in the United States had the surname Schreiner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,874 Americans. It ranked 4,359th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schreiner?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schreiner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schreiner?: Frank Schreiner, American water polo player (1879-1937), followed by Thomas Schreiner.
Where is the surname Schreiner most common?: Wikidata records people named Schreiner in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Schreiner getting more or less common?: More common. 8,050 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,152 in 2010, up 1.3%.
What are other spellings of Schreiner?: Shreiner.