# Schütz (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/schutz/  
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) | 5,307 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,410 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 58,177 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.2% (5,194 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ʃʊts/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a German and Jewish surname, variant of Schuetz. Found in several other countries such as the form Slovene Šuc. * Also as a German surname, from Schutz in Vulkaneifel. Compare Sic, Shutz.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Schütz 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) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Schütz in the United States and Austria.

## People named Schütz

- Alfred Schütz, American sociologist (1899–1959)
- Celita Schutz, American judoka
- Daniel Schütz, Association footballer

## Similar surnames

Schatz, Schuetz, Scheetz, Sheets, Stacy, Seitz, Stock, Stack, Stuckey, Staggs, Stacey, Siddiqui.

## 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.