Schreiner surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Schreiner surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,152 people carried this name — #4,359 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 36,200 people counted. That is up 1% from 8,050 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 693 people named Schreiner 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 Entre Ríos.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Entre Ríos 234
Buenos Aires Province 213
Misiones 121
Córdoba 37
Santa Fe 31
City of Buenos Aires 16
Corrientes 15
Tierra del Fuego 15

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 627 people named Schreiner.

38 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 32 départements, most often Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 38
Moselle 212
Paris 102
Bas-Rhin 88
Meurthe-et-Moselle 67
Haut-Rhin 18
Meuse 15
Doubs 14
Yvelines 11

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

271 people named Schreiner live in Switzerland.

They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 86
Vaud 27
Aargau 26
Thurgau 24
Bern 22
Basel-Stadt 21
Basel-Landschaft 20
St. Gallen 15

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 Belgium’s population register

At least 45 people named Schreiner 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 Liège.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Liège 39
Namur 6

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

24 people named Schreiner is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 24

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

Schreiner in American newspapers,
1886–1901.

Newspaper page from The Billings Gazette carrying the name Schreiner
The Billings Gazette 1901-07-19
Newspaper page from Helena Weekly Herald carrying the name Schreiner
Helena Weekly Herald 1886-01-21
Newspaper page from The Portland Daily Press carrying the name Schreiner
The Portland Daily Press 1901-07-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 52,942 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Schreiner,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ignatius Schreiner d. 1755 · university teacher
  • Greta Schreiner d. 1940
  • Johann Heinrich Christian Schreiner 1768–1834 · bookseller
  • Gustav Franz von Schreiner 1793–1872 · teacher
  • Johann Georg Schreiner 1801–1859 · painter
  • Otto Schreiner 1816–1898 · local politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

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