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The Schild surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,686 people carried this name — #16,894 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 175,400 people counted. That is up 8% from 1,563 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

1,229 people named Schild live in Switzerland.

They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Bern 562
Zurich 152
Solothurn 88
Aargau 77
Basel-Landschaft 51
Vaud 47
Neuchâtel 41
Thurgau 41

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 241 people named Schild 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 Entre Ríos.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Entre Ríos 114
Buenos Aires Province 85
Chaco 42

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 203 people named Schild.

16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 16
Bas-Rhin 60
Moselle 58
Nord 19
Vosges 12
Paris 9
Haut-Rhin 9
Doubs 6
Aube 3

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

In Poland’s population register

46 people named Schild have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 64 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 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

Greater Poland 18
Lubusz 12
Masovian 7
West Pomeranian 5
Pomeranian 4

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

50 people named Schild is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 50

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 Schild,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Johannes Schild 1595–1667 · teacher
  • Lorenz Schild 1646–1667
  • Johann Erich Schild 1653–1717 · chamberlain
  • Johann Christian Schild 1673–1695 · professor
  • Johann Matthias Schild 1701–1775 · painter
  • Christian Leberecht Schild 1711–1751 · stampcutter

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

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