Find out how popular the last name Schneck is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Schneck.

Schneck, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Schneck surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Schneck in America

Schneck is the 11395th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Schneck surname appeared 2,767 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Schneck.

We can also compare 2010 data for Schneck to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Schneck

The surname Schneck is of German origin and dates back to the 13th century. It is believed to have originated in the region of Bavaria, where it was derived from the Middle High German word "snecke," meaning "snail." This likely referred to someone who moved slowly or deliberately, or perhaps someone who lived in a place associated with snails.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Schneck can be found in the records of the town of Nürnberg, where a "Hans Schneck" is mentioned in a document from 1345. The name also appears in various other historical records and manuscripts from the 14th and 15th centuries across southern Germany.

In the 16th century, the surname Schneck began to spread beyond its Bavarian origins. One notable figure was Johann Schneck, a Lutheran theologian and reformer who was born in Nuremberg in 1528 and died in 1592. He played a significant role in the Protestant Reformation in Germany.

Another prominent individual with the surname Schneck was Christian Gottlieb Schneck, a German-American Lutheran minister and educator who was born in Heidelberg in 1783 and died in 1850. He emigrated to the United States in 1808 and became a prominent figure in the German Lutheran community in Pennsylvania.

In the 19th century, the name Schneck was also found in various place names across Germany, such as Schneckenhausen and Schneckenburg. These names likely derived from the surname itself, indicating areas where people with the name Schneck had settled.

Other notable individuals with the surname Schneck include Johann Schneck (1542-1611), a German theologian and author; Matthias Schneck (1678-1753), a German architect and builder; and Johann Georg Schneck (1758-1828), a German-American Lutheran minister and educator who served in Pennsylvania.

Throughout its history, the surname Schneck has maintained its German roots and associations with the word "snail," reflecting its origins in the Bavarian region and the meanings attached to the name in its early days.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Schneck

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Schneck.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Schneck was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Schneck has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Schneck was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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