The Scheller surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,672 people carried this name — #8,916 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 80,600 people counted. That is up 13% from 3,248 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
351 people named Scheller live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 73 people named Scheller 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 Corrientes.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 72 people named Scheller.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Poland’s population register
67 people named Scheller have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 104 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
39 people named Scheller is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Scheller in American newspapers,
1883.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,203 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Scheller,
with a public archive behind them.
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Christoph Scheller d. 1675 · trader
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Christoph Scheller 1485–1530 · sculptor
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Hermann Scheller 1637–1687 · sculptor
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Johannes Scheller 1652–1710 · pastor
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Johann Siegismund Scheller 1700–1781 · jurist
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A. Scheller 1719–1790 · printer
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Scheller.
- Scheidler 997 · U.S. census
- Scheidt 2,528 · U.S. census
- Scheil 153 · U.S. census
- Schell 13,016 · U.S. census
- Schellenberg 1,021 · U.S. census
- Schellenberger 351 · U.S. census
- Schellhorn 553 · U.S. census
- Schellinger 422 · U.S. census
- Schembri 723 · U.S. census
- Schemel 361 · U.S. census
- Schemmel 675 · U.S. census
- Schena 675 · U.S. census
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