The Schneller surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 912 people carried this name — #26,695 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 322,600 people counted. That is down 23% from 1,186 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Schneller surname
German and Jewish surname, from the adjective schnell (“swift”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Schneller» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
367 people named Schneller live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Graubünden.
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 104 people named Schneller.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 41 people named Schneller 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 Santa Fe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Schneller,
with a public archive behind them.
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Andreas von Schneller 1755–1840 · military personnel -
Joseph Schneller 1801–1879 · historian -
Christian Schneller 1831–1908 · writer -
János Lajos Schneller 1772–1841 · Lutheran pastor
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Franz Julius Borgias Schneller 1777–1833 · teacher
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Johann Ludwig Schneller 1820–1896 · teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schneller.
- Schnebelen 145 · U.S. census
- Schnee 946 · U.S. census
- Schneeberger 910 · U.S. census
- Schneider 101,290 · U.S. census
- Schneiter 573 · U.S. census
- Schnell 6,708 · U.S. census
- Schnepf 785 · U.S. census
- Schnepp 1,000 · U.S. census
- Schnitzler 1,200 · U.S. census
- Schnoebelen 446 · U.S. census
- Schnorr 623 · U.S. census
- Schnur 1,937 · U.S. census
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