The Scholz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,169 people carried this name — #6,557 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,100 people counted. That is up 2% from 5,082 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Scholz surname
A surname originating as an occupation.
A Low German variant of Schulz.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Scholz» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
542 people named Scholz live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 Poland’s population register
482 people named Scholz have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 774 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 209 people named Scholz 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 162 people named Scholz.
71 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 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 the Nordic population registers
109 people named Scholz is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Scholz in American newspapers,
1885–1915.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 24,714 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Scholz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Wenzel Scholz 1787–1857 · actor -
Nathanael Scholz 1589–1634 · council member
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Christian Scholz 1697–1777 · court chaplain
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Sigmund Scholz 1717–1775 · Warden
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Leonhard Scholz 1720–1798 · organist
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Heinrich Scholz 1764–1839 · pedagogue
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Scholz.
- 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
- Scholtes 666 · 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
- Schor 772 · U.S. census
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