How common is the surname Schuh?

4,976 people in the United States had the surname Schuh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,047 Americans. It ranked 6,777th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schuh?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schuh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schuh?

Bérengère Schuh, archer, followed by Anneliese Schuh-Proxauf.

Where is the surname Schuh most common?

Wikidata records people named Schuh in France and Austria.

Is the surname Schuh getting more or less common?

More common. 4,834 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,976 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Schuh

A surname, carried by 4,976 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schuh is more common than 95.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,976 people named Schuh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,047 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,834.

#6,777

rank among US surnames

4,976

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #6,479)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,774	Brooker	4,979	62,010
#6,775	Volz	4,978	62,022
#6,776	Youngs	4,977	62,034
#6,777	Radke	4,976	62,047

Who is named Schuh

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

96% of people named Schuh identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schuhs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bérengère Schuh
Archer, born 1984
Anneliese Schuh-Proxauf
Austrian tennis player (1922–2020)

Notable Schuhs come mostly from France (1) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schuh

Schuh has the Soundex code S000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S000.

Questions

How common is the surname Schuh?: 4,976 people in the United States had the surname Schuh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,047 Americans. It ranked 6,777th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schuh?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schuh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schuh?: Bérengère Schuh, archer, followed by Anneliese Schuh-Proxauf.
Where is the surname Schuh most common?: Wikidata records people named Schuh in France and Austria.
Is the surname Schuh getting more or less common?: More common. 4,834 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,976 in 2010, up 2.9%.