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

The Schenkel surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,548 people carried this name — #18,028 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 192,300 people counted. That is up 14% from 1,356 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

1,024 people named Schenkel live in Switzerland.

They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 426
Bern 176
Aargau 91
Thurgau 63
Vaud 46
St. Gallen 37
Geneva 36
Valais 22

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 337 people named Schenkel 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Misiones 113
Buenos Aires Province 77
La Pampa 67
Córdoba 32
Río Negro 18
City of Buenos Aires 15
Chubut 15

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 66 people named Schenkel.

15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Paris.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 15
Paris 20
Moselle 6
Territoire de Belfort 4
Yvelines 3
Bas-Rhin 3
Alpes-Maritimes 3
Côte-d’Or 3
Haut-Rhin 2

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

In the Nordic population registers

36 people named Schenkel is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 36

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).

Who carried it

People named Schenkel,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Daniel Schenkel
    Daniel Schenkel 1813–1885 · university teacher
  • Gottfried Schenkel 1400–1493 · politician
  • Rudolf Schenkel 1770–1847 · merchant
  • Catharina Schenkel 1774–1852
  • Johannes Schenkel 1783–1828 · baker
  • Georg Daniel Schenkel 1813–1885 · politician

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

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Surnames next to Schenkel.

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