The Schon surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,308 people carried this name — #20,322 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 227,300 people counted. That is up 1% from 1,297 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Schon surname
From the German surname, from schön (“handsome, nice, beautiful”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Schon» (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
607 people named Schon 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 168 people named Schon 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 149 people named Schon.
27 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 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 Poland’s population register
66 people named Schon have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 131 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 the Nordic population registers
1,441 people named Schon are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Schon,
with a public archive behind them.
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Kyra Schon 1957– · actor -
Frank Schon, Baron Schon 1912–1995 · politician
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Frank Schon, Baron Schon 1912–1995 · politician
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Hermann Schon 1928–2021 · politician
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Jenny Schon 1942– · writer
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Jenny Schon 1942– · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schon.
- 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
- Scholz 5,169 · 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
- Schorr 3,055 · U.S. census
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