The Schlecht surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,118 people carried this name — #14,178 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 138,900 people counted. That is up 20% from 1,772 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 125 people named Schlecht.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
115 people named Schlecht live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 print
Schlecht in American newspapers,
1915–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 102,070 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Schlecht,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joseph Schlecht 1857–1925 · historian -
Franz Schlecht 1730–1782 · composer
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Leopold Schlecht 1797–1866 · writer
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Raymund Schlecht 1811–1891 · Catholic priest
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Karl August Johann Ferdinand Schlecht 1838–1897 · Lutheran pastor
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Christian Schlecht 1858–1926
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schlecht.
- Schirra 267 · U.S. census
- Schissler 839 · U.S. census
- Schlachter 1,333 · U.S. census
- Schlageter 610 · U.S. census
- Schlappi 328 · U.S. census
- Schlatter 1,405 · U.S. census
- Schlegel 7,461 · U.S. census
- Schleich 779 · U.S. census
- Schleicher 3,356 · U.S. census
- Schleifer 932 · U.S. census
- Schlemer 106 · U.S. census
- Schlemmer 2,017 · U.S. census
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