The Schall surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,786 people carried this name — #8,679 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 78,100 people counted. That is down 1% from 3,809 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 591 people named Schall.
22 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 38 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 49 people named Schall live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in La Pampa.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
39 people named Schall live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Schall in American newspapers,
1920–1928.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 43,083 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Schall,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean-Frédéric Schall 1752–1825 · painter -
Claus Schall 1757–1835 · composer -
Peder Schall 1762–1820 · composer -
Margrethe Schall 1775–1862 · ballet dancer -
Margrethe Schall 1775–1852 · ballet dancer
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George Schall 1768–1831 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schall.
- Schaffer 20,614 · U.S. census
- Schaffhauser 286 · U.S. census
- Schaffner 3,927 · U.S. census
- Schaffter 286 · U.S. census
- Schalck 117 · U.S. census
- Schalk 2,916 · U.S. census
- Schaller 5,875 · U.S. census
- Schaltenbrand 139 · U.S. census
- Schamber 740 · U.S. census
- Schamberger 569 · U.S. census
- Schaming 202 · U.S. census
- Schandel 155 · U.S. census
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