# Schroder (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/schroder/  
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) | 5,325 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,392 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 57,980 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.1% (5,167 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Schroeder |

## Etymology

From German Schröder.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Schroder 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Schroder in the United States and Germany.

## People named Schroder

- Ricky Schroder, American actor
- Arthur Schröder, actor (1892-1986)

## Similar surnames

Schroeder, Schrader, Schroeter, Shorter, Shrader, Shortridge, Sartor, Sartori, Sridhar.

## 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.