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    The surname Schulte

    A surname, carried by 16,658 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S430

    Schulte: #2,183 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Schulte #2,183, 16,658 people Schulte: #2,183 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Schulte #2,183, 16,658 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schulte is more common than 98.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,658 people named Schulte in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,534 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,327.

    #2,183
    rank among US surnames
    16,658
    people in 2010
    5.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2%
    change since 2000 (was #2,037)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,174Doran16,70418,483
    #2,175Calloway16,68918,500
    #2,177Purvis16,68618,503
    #2,179Acuna16,68318,507
    #2,180Ulrich16,66818,523
    #2,181Chau16,66718,524
    #2,182German16,66118,531

    Who is named Schulte

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

    96% of people named Schulte identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Schultes

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Patrick Schulte
      American soccer player, born 2001
    • Lisa Schulte
      Austrian luger, born 2000
    • Francis B. Schulte
      American archbishop (1926–2016)

    Notable Schultes come mostly from the United States (2) and Austria (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Schulte

    Schulte has the Soundex code S430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S430.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Schulte?
    16,658 people in the United States had the surname Schulte in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,534 Americans. It ranked 2,183rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Schulte?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Schulte identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Schulte?
    Patrick Schulte, American soccer player, followed by Lisa Schulte.
    Where is the surname Schulte most common?
    Wikidata records people named Schulte in the United States and Austria.
    Is the surname Schulte getting more or less common?
    More common. 16,327 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,658 in 2010, up 2.0%.