How common is the surname Shultz?

17,395 people in the United States had the surname Shultz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,749 Americans. It ranked 2,080th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Shultz?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Shultz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Shultz?

George Shultz, American politician (1920–2021).

Where is the surname Shultz most common?

Wikidata records people named Shultz in the United States.

Is the surname Shultz getting more or less common?

More common. 17,204 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,395 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname Shultz

A surname, carried by 17,395 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S432

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shultz is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 17,395 people named Shultz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,749 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,204.

#2,080

rank among US surnames

17,395

people in 2010

5.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,919)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,071	Crowell	17,467	17,676
#2,072	Blum	17,458	17,685
#2,073	Jeffers	17,455	17,688
#2,074	McCormack	17,449	17,694
#2,075	Mai	17,445	17,698
#2,076	Dumas	17,442	17,701
#2,077	Kenny	17,429	17,714

Who is named Shultz

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

95% of people named Shultz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Shultzs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

George Shultz
American politician (1920–2021)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shultz

Shultz has the Soundex code S432, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S432.

Questions

How common is the surname Shultz?: 17,395 people in the United States had the surname Shultz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,749 Americans. It ranked 2,080th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shultz?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Shultz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Shultz?: George Shultz, American politician (1920–2021).
Where is the surname Shultz most common?: Wikidata records people named Shultz in the United States.
Is the surname Shultz getting more or less common?: More common. 17,204 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,395 in 2010, up 1.1%.