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    The surname Schuler

    A surname, carried by 14,745 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S460

    Schuler: #2,448 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Schuler #2,448, 14,745 people Schuler: #2,448 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Schuler #2,448, 14,745 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schuler is more common than 98.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 14,745 people named Schuler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 20,939 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 14,695.

    #2,448
    rank among US surnames
    14,745
    people in 2010
    5.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #2,267)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,439Lundy14,85020,791
    #2,440Fay14,84920,792
    #2,441Beebe14,84720,795
    #2,442Chavis14,84420,799
    #2,443Rea14,81920,834
    #2,444Griffiths14,80520,854
    #2,445Ireland14,80020,861

    Who is named Schuler

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

    92% of people named Schuler identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Schulers

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Carolyn Schuler
      American swimmer (1943–2024)
    • Mike Schuler
      American basketball coach (1940–2022)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Schuler

    Schuler has the Soundex code S460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S460.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Schuler?
    14,745 people in the United States had the surname Schuler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,939 Americans. It ranked 2,448th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Schuler?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Schuler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Schuler?
    Carolyn Schuler, American swimmer (1943–2024), followed by Mike Schuler.
    Where is the surname Schuler most common?
    Wikidata records people named Schuler in the United States.
    Is the surname Schuler getting more or less common?
    More common. 14,695 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,745 in 2010, up 0.3%.