The Schreck surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,122 people carried this name — #8,030 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,400 people counted. That is up 6% from 3,883 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 149 people named Schreck.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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
56 people named Schreck live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Thurgau.
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 the Nordic population registers
47 people named Schreck is counted in Finland.
Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Schreck in American newspapers,
1907–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 55,652 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Schreck,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gustav Schreck 1849–1918 · composer -
Johann Schreck 1576–1630 · astronomer
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Adam Schreck 1796–1871 · regular priest
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Ernst Schreck 1857–2000 · writer
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Georg Schreck 1859–1925 · architect
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Anna Schreck 1864–1955 · teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schreck.
- Schotte 186 · 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
- Schreder 311 · U.S. census
- Schreiber 16,034 · U.S. census
- Schreiner 8,152 · U.S. census
- Schrepel 182 · U.S. census
- Schrepfer 330 · U.S. census
- Schreyer 653 · U.S. census
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