# Screen (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/screen/  
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 | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 737 |
| US rank (2010) | 31,412 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 418,922 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.8% (717 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

English surname, from Old French escrin (“jewel case”); also from the noun screen.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Screen 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) | 41% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 54% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 3.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Screen in Australia.

## People named Screen

- Jenni Screen, Australian basketball player (born 1982)

## Similar surnames

Sereno, Serrano, Sharma, Soriano, Serna, Schramm, Shrum, Schram, Sharon, Shearin, Sherwin, Sarno.

## 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.