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    The surname Schroyer

    A German surname, carried by 1,682 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S660

    Schroyer: #16,919 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Schroyer #16,919, 1,682 people Schroyer: #16,919 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Schroyer #16,919, 1,682 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schroyer is more common than 89.6% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Variant of 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 1,682 people named Schroyer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 183,559 Americans. That is down 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,810.

    #16,919
    rank among US surnames
    1,682
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    -7.1%
    change since 2000 (was #14,983)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,917Dudgeon1,683183,450
    #16,919Schroyer1,682183,559
    #16,926Bashore1,681183,668

    Who is named Schroyer

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

    96% of people named Schroyer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    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 Schroyer

    Schroyer 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 Schroyer come from?
    Variant of Schreier.
    How common is the surname Schroyer?
    1,682 people in the United States had the surname Schroyer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 183,559 Americans. It ranked 16,919th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Schroyer?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schroyer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Schroyer getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,810 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,682 in 2010, down 7.1%.