The Schenck surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,245 people carried this name — #5,568 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 47,200 people counted. That is up 4% from 6,016 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 332 people named Schenck.
16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 106 people named Schenck live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 82 people named Schenck 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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 the Nordic population registers
20 people named Schenck 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
Schenck in American newspapers,
1911–1913.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 137,263 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Schenck,
with a public archive behind them.
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Florence Schenck d. 1914 · actor -
Friedrich Wilhelm Schenck d. 1798 · physician
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Johann Schenck d. 1588 · physician
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Pierce Schenck d. 1930 · entrepreneur
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Hans Schenck d. 1645 · painter
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Wolfgang Schenck d. 1510 · bookseller
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schenck.
- 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
- Schenk 7,651 · U.S. census
- Schenkel 1,548 · U.S. census
- Schenker 1,155 · U.S. census
- Schepens 132 · U.S. census
- Schepers 1,087 · U.S. census
- Scheppler 198 · U.S. census
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