The Schilling surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 16,546 people carried this name — #2,200 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 17,800 people counted. That is up 4% from 15,968 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,248 people named Schilling live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 580 people named Schilling.
66 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 38 départements, most often Haut-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.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 291 people named Schilling 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 mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
187 people named Schilling have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 280 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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
124 people named Schilling is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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
Schilling in American newspapers,
1887–1957.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 154,965 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Schilling,
with a public archive behind them.
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Diebold Schilling the Elder 1445–1486 · writer -
Diebold Schilling the Younger 1460–1515 · writer -
Adam Schilling 1566–1637 · painter -
Friedrich Gustav Schilling 1766–1839 · writer -
Pavel Schilling 1786–1837 · naturalist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 181 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schilling.
- Schilder 302 · U.S. census
- Schildknecht 367 · 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
- Schillinger 2,614 · U.S. census
- Schilt 385 · U.S. census
- Schiltz 1,758 · U.S. census
- Schimmel 3,064 · U.S. census
- Schimmer 195 · U.S. census
- Schimpf 1,507 · U.S. census
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