The Schnur surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,937 people carried this name — #15,210 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 151,500 people counted. That is up 7% from 1,808 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 64 people named Schnur.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Moselle.
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
21 people named Schnur live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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
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
Schnur in American newspapers,
1870–1903.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 17,734 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Schnur,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ruchel Weber 1876–1940
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David Schnur 1882–1948 · entrepreneur
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David Schnur 1882–1948 · entrepreneur
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Chaim Schnur 1885–1940
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Lotti Schnur 1887–
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Pekka Somer 1907–1994 · physician
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schnur.
- Schneller 912 · 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
- Schnurr 1,072 · U.S. census
- Schober 2,760 · U.S. census
- Schobert 424 · U.S. census
- Schoch 3,141 · U.S. census
- Schock 3,843 · U.S. census
- Schoeffel 256 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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