Scheidt surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Scheidt surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,528 people carried this name — #12,296 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 116,300 people counted. That is up 6% from 2,384 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 257 people named Scheidt.

16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 16
Bas-Rhin 96
Moselle 79
Meurthe-et-Moselle 26
Paris 10
Aube 5
Haut-Rhin 5
Ille-et-Vilaine 4
Somme 3

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

38 people named Scheidt live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 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 14
Bern 13
Vaud 6
Neuchâtel 5

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 21 people named Scheidt 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

Misiones 21

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

In print

Scheidt in American newspapers,
1872.

Newspaper page from Der Wanderer carrying the name Scheidt
Der Wanderer 1872-06-15
Newspaper page from Der Wanderer carrying the name Scheidt
Der Wanderer 1872-05-18
Newspaper page from Der Wanderer carrying the name Scheidt
Der Wanderer 1872-06-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,677 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Scheidt,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Samuel Scheidt
    Samuel Scheidt 1587–1654 · composer
  • Caspar Scheidt 1520–1565 · writer
  • Gottfried Scheidt 1593–1661 · composer
  • Johannes Scheidt 1737–1824
  • Franciszek Scheidt 1759–1807 · physicist
  • Johann Wilhelm Scheidt 1773–1848 · entrepreneur

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Scheidt.

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