The Schar surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 436 people carried this name — #48,436 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is up 3% from 423 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
6,258 people named Schar live in Switzerland.
They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 51 people named Schar.
24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 50 people named Schar 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 Misiones.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schar.
- Schamber 740 · U.S. census
- Schamberger 569 · U.S. census
- Schaming 202 · U.S. census
- Schandel 155 · U.S. census
- Schanen 294 · U.S. census
- Schang 260 · U.S. census
- Scharf 4,901 · U.S. census
- Scharff 1,895 · U.S. census
- Schartner 326 · U.S. census
- Schatt 148 · U.S. census
- Schatz 6,261 · U.S. census
- Schaub 6,027 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Schar is.
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