How common is the surname Schütz?

5,307 people in the United States had the surname Schütz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,177 Americans. It ranked 6,410th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schütz?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schütz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schütz?

Alfred Schütz, American sociologist (1899–1959), followed by Celita Schutz.

Where is the surname Schütz most common?

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

How do you pronounce Schütz?

Schütz is /ʃʊts/, one syllable.

Is the surname Schütz getting more or less common?

More common. 5,194 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,307 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Schütz

A German surname, carried by 5,307 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ʃʊts/ 1 syllable Soundex S320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schütz is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

German origin

* 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.

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 5,307 people named Schütz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 58,177 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,194.

#6,410

rank among US surnames

5,307

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #6,094)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,405	Fick	5,311	58,133
#6,407	Dandrea	5,310	58,144
#6,409	Muncy	5,308	58,166
#6,410	Schütz	5,307	58,177
#6,411	Reavis	5,305	58,199

Who is named Schütz

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

95% of people named Schütz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schützs

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alfred Schütz
American sociologist (1899–1959)
Celita Schutz
American judoka, born 1968
Daniel Schütz
Association footballer, born 1991

Notable Schützs come mostly from the United States (2) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schütz

Schütz has the Soundex code S320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S320.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Schütz come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Schütz?: 5,307 people in the United States had the surname Schütz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,177 Americans. It ranked 6,410th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schütz?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schütz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schütz?: Alfred Schütz, American sociologist (1899–1959), followed by Celita Schutz.
Where is the surname Schütz most common?: Wikidata records people named Schütz in the United States and Austria.
How do you pronounce Schütz?: Schütz is /ʃʊts/, one syllable.
Is the surname Schütz getting more or less common?: More common. 5,194 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,307 in 2010, up 2.2%.