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The Scheck surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,949 people carried this name — #15,127 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 151,500 people counted. That is up 6% from 1,842 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 181 people named Scheck.

6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 6
Moselle 50
Paris 36
Nord 15
Hérault 8
Aube 7
Pas-de-Calais 6
Aisne 5
Marne 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

112 people named Scheck live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 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

Zurich 33
St. Gallen 20
Aargau 16
Bern 14
Vaud 7
Thurgau 6
Schaffhausen 5
Basel-Stadt 4

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 Argentina’s national register

At least 76 people named Scheck 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

La Pampa 34
Buenos Aires Province 20
Río Negro 12
Misiones 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Scheck in American newspapers,
1901–1906.

Newspaper page from The Billings Gazette carrying the name Scheck
The Billings Gazette 1901-04-30
Newspaper page from Los Angeles Herald carrying the name Scheck
Los Angeles Herald 1906-06-29
Newspaper page from Los Angeles Herald carrying the name Scheck
Los Angeles Herald 1906-08-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,106 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Scheck,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Carlos Scheck
    Carlos Scheck 1893–1959 · writer
  • Ignaz Scheck 1841–1903 · architect
  • Marek Scheck 1855–1940
  • Jiří Scheck 1898–1942
  • Gustav Scheck 1901–1984 · musician
  • Frank Scheck 1901– · journalist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

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