# Schur (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Russian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 945 |
| US rank (2010) | 25,975 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 326,715 people |
| Change since 2000 | -9.7% (1,047 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From German Schur. Alternatively, from Russian Щур (Ščur, “finch”), Ukrainian Щур (Ščur, “vole”), or Belarusian Шчур (Ščur, “finch”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Schur 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% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Schur in the Kingdom of Prussia, the United States and Austria–Hungary.

## People named Schur

- Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur, Austrian botanist (1799-1878)
- Michael Schur, American television producer and writer
- Max Schur, American Austrian-born MD & psychoanalyst (1897-1969)

## Similar surnames

Scheer, Schauer, Scher, Schorr, Scherr, Schiro, Scheuer, Schurr, Schaar, Schier, Schor, Scurry.

## 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.