The Schenker surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,155 people carried this name — #22,319 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 256,400 people counted. That is up 5% from 1,095 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,949 people named Schenker live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Solothurn.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 54 people named Schenker.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Moselle.
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.
Who carried it
People named Schenker,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gottfried Schenker 1842–1901 · entrepreneur -
Heinrich Schenker 1868–1935 · composer -
Jeanne-Pernette Schenker-Massot 1761–1828 · watchmaker
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Jeanne-Pernette Schenker-Massot 1761–1828 · watchmaker
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Jeanne-Pernette Schenker-Massot 1761–1828 · watchmaker
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Friedrich Schenker 1810–1873 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schenker.
- Schemel 361 · U.S. census
- Schemmel 675 · U.S. census
- Schena 675 · U.S. census
- Schenck 6,245 · U.S. census
- Schenk 7,651 · U.S. census
- Schenkel 1,548 · U.S. census
- Schepens 132 · U.S. census
- Schepers 1,087 · U.S. census
- Scheppler 198 · U.S. census
- Scher 3,222 · U.S. census
- Scherb 310 · U.S. census
- Scherer 13,421 · U.S. census
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