The Scholtes surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 666 people carried this name — #34,110 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is up 4% from 638 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Scholtes surname
Borrowed from Dutch and German Scholtes.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Scholtes» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 156 people named Scholtes.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Paris.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 73 people named Scholtes live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Luxembourg Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
31 people named Scholtes live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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.
Who carried it
People named Scholtes,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean-Pierre Scholtes 1833–1906 · physician -
Richard Scholtes 1934– · military personnel -
Traugott Daniel Scholtes 1800–1850 · lawyer
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Gabriela Scholtes 1937– · athletics competitor
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Stefan Scholtes 1960– · engineer
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Tessy Scholtes 1981– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Scholtes.
- Schohn 144 · U.S. census
- Scholer 505 · U.S. census
- Scholl 9,351 · U.S. census
- Schollaert 205 · U.S. census
- Scholle 655 · U.S. census
- Scholler 443 · U.S. census
- Scholz 5,169 · U.S. census
- Schon 1,308 · U.S. census
- Schoner 326 · U.S. census
- Schons 508 · U.S. census
- Schopfer 326 · U.S. census
- Schopp 1,258 · U.S. census
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