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    The surname Schroeter

    A surname, carried by 1,652 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S636

    Schroeter: #17,151 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Schroeter #17,151, 1,652 people Schroeter: #17,151 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Schroeter #17,151, 1,652 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schroeter is more common than 89.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,652 people named Schroeter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 186,892 Americans. That is up 8.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,522.

    #17,151
    rank among US surnames
    1,652
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.5%
    change since 2000 (was #17,170)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,142Ally1,653186,779
    #17,151Endo1,652186,892
    #17,159Yard1,651187,005

    Who is named Schroeter

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

    92% of people named Schroeter identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.0%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Schroeter

    Schroeter has the Soundex code S636, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S636.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Schroeter?
    1,652 people in the United States had the surname Schroeter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 186,892 Americans. It ranked 17,151st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Schroeter?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Schroeter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Schroeter getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,522 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,652 in 2010, up 8.5%.