The Schalk surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,564 people carried this name — #11,307 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 105,300 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 278 people named Schalk.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
39 people named Schalk live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 30 people named Schalk live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schalk.
- Schaff 2,816 · U.S. census
- Schaffer 20,117 · U.S. census
- Schaffhauser 286 · U.S. census
- Schaffner 3,813 · U.S. census
- Schaffter 263 · U.S. census
- Schalck 125 · U.S. census
- Schall 3,809 · U.S. census
- Schaller 5,815 · U.S. census
- Schaltenbrand 134 · U.S. census
- Schamber 704 · U.S. census
- Schamberger 541 · U.S. census
- Schaming 227 · U.S. census
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