Schneiter surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Schneiter surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 573 people carried this name — #38,582 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is up 1% from 566 in 2000.

See Schneiter on the map Look up another surname

Share

In Switzerland’s population statistics

1,824 people named Schneiter live in Switzerland.

They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Bern 623
Zurich 321
Vaud 166
Aargau 85
Neuchâtel 79
Solothurn 76
Basel-Landschaft 67
Fribourg 59

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 85 people named Schneiter 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 Córdoba.

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

Where they live today

Córdoba 29
Mendoza 26
Buenos Aires Province 15
Entre Ríos 15

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 70 people named Schneiter.

16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Jura.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 16
Jura 14
Doubs 11
Paris 7
Marne 5
Yvelines 3
Gard 2
Meurthe-et-Moselle 2
Seine-et-Marne 2

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

Who carried it

People named Schneiter,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Pierre Schneiter
    Pierre Schneiter 1905–1979 · politician
  • Richard Schneiter 1876–1947 · writer
  • Gottlieb Franz Schneiter 1884–1958 · engineer
  • John Schneiter 1899–1976 · bobsledder
  • Ida Schneiter 1902–
  • Ernst Schneiter 1903–

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

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Schneiter.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Schneiter is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

See what a volume holds
Scroll to Top