The Schotte surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 186 people carried this name — #97,671 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 1% from 185 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 616 people named Schotte 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 West Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 131 people named Schotte.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Nord.
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
62 people named Schotte 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
Schotte in American newspapers,
1904–1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,655 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Schotte,
with a public archive behind them.
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Axel Schotte 1860–1923 · politician -
Siri Schotte 1867–1951 · painter -
Gösta Schotte d. 1981 · business executive
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Apollonius Schotte 1574–1639 · writer
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Apollonius Schotte 1579–1639 · writer
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Jacob Schotte 1686–1750 · goldsmith
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schotte.
- Schopfer 326 · U.S. census
- Schopp 1,258 · U.S. census
- Schor 772 · U.S. census
- Schorr 3,055 · U.S. census
- Schorsch 513 · U.S. census
- Schott 9,842 · U.S. census
- Schotter 209 · U.S. census
- Schrader 16,727 · U.S. census
- Schram 4,634 · U.S. census
- Schramm 7,543 · U.S. census
- Schrantz 939 · U.S. census
- Schreck 4,122 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Schotte is.
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