How common is the surname Schultz?

104,888 people in the United States had the surname Schultz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 2,944 Americans. It ranked 297th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schultz?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schultz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schultz?

Theodore Schultz, American economist (1902–1998), followed by Dwight Schultz.

Where is the surname Schultz most common?

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

How do you pronounce Schultz?

Schultz is /ʃʊlts/, one syllable.

Is the surname Schultz getting more or less common?

Less common. 104,962 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 104,888 in 2010, down 0.1%.

The surname Schultz

A German occupational surname, carried by 104,888 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ʃʊlts/ 1 syllable Soundex S432

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schultz is more common than 99.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

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

Schultz is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

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 104,888 people named Schultz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 2,944 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 104,962.

#297

rank among US surnames

104,888

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

-0.1%

change since 2000 (was #261)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#288	Fields	107,522	2,871
#289	Park	106,696	2,894
#290	Yang	106,033	2,912
#291	Little	105,936	2,914
#292	Banks	105,833	2,917
#293	Padilla	105,365	2,930
#294	Day	105,091	2,938

Who is named Schultz

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

95% of people named Schultz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schultzs

17 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Theodore Schultz
American economist (1902–1998)
Dwight Schultz
American actor (born 1947)
Howard Schultz
American businessman, born 1953
Dutch Schultz
American mobster in the 1920s and 1930s
Mark Schultz
American wrestler, born 1960
Dave Schultz
American wrestler and murder victim (1959-1996)
Nick Schultz
Australian cyclist, born 1994
Michael Schultz
American director, born 1938
James Willard Schultz
(1859-1947) American historian
Ed Schultz
American political commentator, 1954–2018
Peter G. Schultz
American geneticist, born 1956
Wesley Schultz
American guitarist and singer, born 1982

Notable Schultzs come mostly from the United States (14), Australia (2) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schultz

Schultz has the Soundex code S432, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S432.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Schultz come from?: From German Schultz, an occupational surname derived from Schultheiß (“a mayor in medieval Germany”).
How common is the surname Schultz?: 104,888 people in the United States had the surname Schultz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 2,944 Americans. It ranked 297th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schultz?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schultz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schultz?: Theodore Schultz, American economist (1902–1998), followed by Dwight Schultz.
Where is the surname Schultz most common?: Wikidata records people named Schultz in the United States, Australia and Argentina.
How do you pronounce Schultz?: Schultz is /ʃʊlts/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Schultz?: Schultz is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Schultz getting more or less common?: Less common. 104,962 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 104,888 in 2010, down 0.1%.