How common is the surname Schuyler?

3,480 people in the United States had the surname Schuyler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,720 Americans. It ranked 9,347th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schuyler?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Schuyler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Schuyler?

Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, American philanthropist and wife of Alexander Hamilton (1757–1854), followed by Philip Schuyler.

Where is the surname Schuyler most common?

Wikidata records people named Schuyler in the United States.

How do you pronounce Schuyler?

Schuyler is /ˈskaɪ.lɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Schuyler getting more or less common?

More common. 3,372 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,480 in 2010, up 3.2%.

Is Schuyler also a first name?

Yes. Schuyler is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Schuyler

A Dutch occupational surname, carried by 3,480 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈskaɪ.lɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex S460 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schuyler is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

A Dutch surname (cf. scholier) from German Schüler (“scholar, student”); brought to America by seventeenth-century Dutch immigrants. Doublet of scholar and schooler.

Schuyler is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,480 people named Schuyler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,720 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,372.

#9,347

rank among US surnames

3,480

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #8,923)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,343	Ostrom	3,485	88,593
#9,344	Lampert	3,484	88,618
#9,345	Helfrich	3,482	88,669
#9,347	Schuyler	3,480	88,720
#9,350	Hepburn	3,479	88,745
#9,352	McCammon	3,478	88,771

Who is named Schuyler

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

89% of people named Schuyler identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schuylers

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton
American philanthropist and wife of Alexander Hamilton (1757–1854)
Philip Schuyler
American politician and general (1733–1804)
Eugene Schuyler
American scholar, writer, explorer and diplomat (1840–1890)
James Schuyler
American poet (1923–1991)
Angelica Schuyler Church
American socialite (1756–1814)
Philippa Schuyler
American pianist and composer (1931–1967)
Karl C. Schuyler
American politician (1877-1933)
George Schuyler
Author, journalist and social commentator, 1895–1977

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Skylar
Skyler

Surnames that sound like Schuyler

Schuyler has the Soundex code S460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S460.

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Schuyler come from?: A Dutch surname (cf. scholier) from German Schüler (“scholar, student”); brought to America by seventeenth-century Dutch immigrants. Doublet of scholar and schooler.
How common is the surname Schuyler?: 3,480 people in the United States had the surname Schuyler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,720 Americans. It ranked 9,347th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schuyler?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Schuyler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Schuyler?: Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, American philanthropist and wife of Alexander Hamilton (1757–1854), followed by Philip Schuyler.
Where is the surname Schuyler most common?: Wikidata records people named Schuyler in the United States.
How do you pronounce Schuyler?: Schuyler is /ˈskaɪ.lɚ/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Schuyler?: Schuyler is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Schuyler getting more or less common?: More common. 3,372 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,480 in 2010, up 3.2%.
What are other spellings of Schuyler?: Skylar and Skyler.
Is Schuyler also a first name?: Yes. Schuyler is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.