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    The surname Schulze

    A German surname, carried by 8,509 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S420

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schulze is more common than 97.4% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    A surname from German.

    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 8,509 people named Schulze in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,285 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,444.

    #4,164
    rank among US surnames
    8,509
    people in 2010
    2.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.8%
    change since 2000 (was #3,863)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,160Elliot8,51836,246
    #4,162Fullerton8,51736,251
    #4,163Sharkey8,51436,263
    #4,164Schulze8,50936,285

    Who is named Schulze

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

    95% of people named Schulze identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Schulzes

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Matt Schulze
      American actor and musician, born 1972
    • Paul Schulze
      American actor, born 1962

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Schulze

    Schulze 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 Schulze come from?
    Schulze is German in origin.
    How common is the surname Schulze?
    8,509 people in the United States had the surname Schulze in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,285 Americans. It ranked 4,164th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Schulze?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schulze identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Schulze?
    Matt Schulze, American actor and musician, followed by Paul Schulze.
    Where is the surname Schulze most common?
    Wikidata records people named Schulze in the United States.
    Is the surname Schulze getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,444 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,509 in 2010, up 0.8%.