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

The Schnitzler surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,200 people carried this name — #21,700 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 243,900 people counted. That is up 18% from 1,015 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 288 people named Schnitzler.

15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 15
Moselle 111
Bas-Rhin 109
Paris 14
Haut-Rhin 11
Meurthe-et-Moselle 9
Meuse 5
Yvelines 3
Haute-Saône 2

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

65 people named Schnitzler live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 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 29
Basel-Landschaft 7
Lucerne 7
Thurgau 7
Vaud 6
St. Gallen 5
Bern 4

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 26 people named Schnitzler 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

Santa Fe 16
City of Buenos Aires 10

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

Who carried it

People named Schnitzler,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Josef Schnitzler d. 1863 · joiner
  • Johann Georg Schnitzler 1630–1702
  • Jakob Schnitzler 1636–1684 · astronomer
  • Johann Friedrich Schnitzler 1664–1714
  • Johann Jacob Schnitzler 1708–1756
  • Susanna Dorothea Schnitzler 1740–1795

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

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