The Schildknecht surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 367 people carried this name — #55,841 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is up 3% from 356 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Schildknecht surname
Old High German skiltkneht, by surface analysis, Schild + Knecht.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Schildknecht» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
751 people named Schildknecht live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
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 296 people named Schildknecht.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schildknecht.
- Schifano 847 · U.S. census
- Schiff 3,993 · U.S. census
- Schiffer 2,173 · U.S. census
- Schiffmacher 150 · U.S. census
- Schild 1,686 · U.S. census
- Schilder 302 · U.S. census
- Schill 2,923 · U.S. census
- Schillaci 1,021 · U.S. census
- Schille 134 · U.S. census
- Schiller 9,132 · U.S. census
- Schilling 16,546 · U.S. census
- Schillinger 2,614 · U.S. census
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