# Schultz (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/schultz/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation].

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 104,888 |
| US rank (2010) | 297 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 2,944 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.1% (104,962 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ʃʊlts/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From German Schultz, an occupational surname derived from Schultheiß (“a mayor in medieval Germany”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Schultz in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Schultz in the United States, Australia and Argentina.

## People named Schultz

- Theodore Schultz, American economist (1902–1998)
- Dwight Schultz, American actor (born 1947)
- Howard Schultz, American businessman
- Dutch Schultz, American mobster in the 1920s and 1930s
- Mark Schultz, American wrestler
- Dave Schultz, American wrestler and murder victim (1959-1996)
- Nick Schultz, Australian cyclist
- Michael Schultz, American director
- James Willard Schultz, (1859-1947) American historian
- Ed Schultz, American political commentator
- Peter G. Schultz, American geneticist
- Wesley Schultz, American guitarist and singer

and 5 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Schultze, Schiltz, Scholtz, Shultz, Shults, Schultheis, Shultis, Shoults, Shoultz, Schultheiss, Shields, Sledge.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.