How common is the surname Schulz?

24,385 people in the United States had the surname Schulz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,661 Americans. It ranked 1,461st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schulz?

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

Who is the most famous person named Schulz?

Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist, known for creating the comic strip, "Peanuts" (1922-2000), followed by Andrew Schulz.

Where is the surname Schulz most common?

Wikidata records people named Schulz in the United States, Argentina and Germany and 1 other country.

Is the surname Schulz getting more or less common?

More common. 23,676 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 24,385 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Schulz

A German surname, carried by 24,385 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schulz is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

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

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 24,385 people named Schulz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 12,661 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 23,676.

#1,461

rank among US surnames

24,385

people in 2010

8.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #1,374)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,452	Schafer	24,543	12,580
#1,454	Bustamante	24,536	12,583
#1,455	Stover	24,526	12,588
#1,456	Teague	24,514	12,595
#1,457	Gunter	24,513	12,595
#1,458	Burrell	24,504	12,600
#1,459	Funk	24,419	12,644

Who is named Schulz

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

95% of people named Schulz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schulzs

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles M. Schulz
American cartoonist, known for creating the comic strip, "Peanuts" (1922-2000)
Andrew Schulz
American comedian and actor, born 1985
Heinz Schulz
Boxer (1935–2015)
Matías Schulz
Argentine handball player, born 1982
Jodie Schulz
Australian female field hockey player, born 1987
Dick Schulz
American basketball player (1917–1998)
Ellen Schulz Quillin
American botanist, author, educator and museum director (1892-1970)
Charlaine Harris
American writer, born 1951
Xul Solar
Argentine painter (1887–1963)
Matthew Shultz
American singer, born 1983

Notable Schulzs come mostly from the United States (6), Argentina (2) and Germany (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schulz

Schulz has the Soundex code S420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S420.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Schulz come from?: Common German and Jewish surname, from the archaic Schulze (“mayor, headman”), similar to Schultheiß. Compare Schultz, and the common Slavic form Sulc, Szulc.
How common is the surname Schulz?: 24,385 people in the United States had the surname Schulz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,661 Americans. It ranked 1,461st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schulz?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schulz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schulz?: Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist, known for creating the comic strip, "Peanuts" (1922-2000), followed by Andrew Schulz.
Where is the surname Schulz most common?: Wikidata records people named Schulz in the United States, Argentina and Germany and 1 other country.
Is the surname Schulz getting more or less common?: More common. 23,676 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 24,385 in 2010, up 3.0%.