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The Schill surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,923 people carried this name — #10,897 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 101,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 2,775 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 182 people named Schill.

14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 14
Haut-Rhin 62
Paris 29
Moselle 29
Bas-Rhin 15
Jura 5
Territoire de Belfort 5
Meurthe-et-Moselle 4
Vosges 4

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 163 people named Schill 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 150
Chubut 13

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

102 people named Schill live in Switzerland.

They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 32
Thurgau 15
Aargau 8
Basel-Stadt 8
Basel-Landschaft 8
Vaud 7
Fribourg 6
St. Gallen 5

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 the Nordic population registers

634 people named Schill is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 634

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

Schill in American newspapers,
1908–1922.

Newspaper page from Ladysmith News-budget carrying the name Schill
Ladysmith News-budget 1922-08-18
Newspaper page from The Telegraph-courier carrying the name Schill
The Telegraph-courier 1919-11-20
Newspaper page from The Sea Coast Echo carrying the name Schill
The Sea Coast Echo 1908-08-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 135,437 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Schill,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Johann Friedrich Schill d. 1770
  • Nikolaus Schill 1680–1759 · printer
  • Jeremias Schill 1749–1814 · preacher
  • Jeremias Schill 1784–1852 · civil servant
  • Carl Ludwig Schill 1798–1882 · mayor
  • Pieter Adolf Schill 1810–1851 · civil servant

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

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