# Schulz (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/schulz/  
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.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 24,385 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,461 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 12,661 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.0% (23,676 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Common German and Jewish surname, from the archaic Schulze (“mayor, headman”), similar to Schultheiß. Compare Schultz, and the common Slavic form Sulc, Szulc.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Schulz 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) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

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

## People named Schulz

- Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist, known for creating the comic strip, "Peanuts" (1922-2000)
- Andrew Schulz, American comedian and actor
- Heinz Schulz, boxer (1935–2015)
- Matías Schulz, Argentine handball player
- Jodie Schulz, Australian female field hockey player
- Dick Schulz, American basketball player (1917–1998)
- Ellen Schulz Quillin, American botanist, author, educator and museum director (1892-1970)
- Charlaine Harris, American writer
- Xul Solar, Argentine painter (1887–1963)
- Matthew Shultz, American singer

## Similar surnames

Schulze, Scholz, Schloss, Scholes, Schalk, Scalzo, Schuelke, Schilke, Solis, Salas, Seals, Slack.

## 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.