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

The Schreyer surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 653 people carried this name — #34,618 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted. That is down 7% from 705 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

278 people named Schreyer live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Bern 79
Neuchâtel 55
Vaud 48
Zurich 34
Geneva 16
Glarus 10
Thurgau 8
Aargau 8

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 122 people named Schreyer 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.

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

Where they live today

Entre Ríos 72
Buenos Aires Province 33
Santa Fe 17

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 92 people named Schreyer.

17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 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

Born outside France 17
Haut-Rhin 20
Bas-Rhin 15
Vosges 13
Paris 10
Yvelines 5
Marne 4
Bouches-du-Rhône 3
Seine-Saint-Denis 1

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

Who carried it

People named Schreyer,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Adolf Schreyer
    Adolf Schreyer 1828–1899 · painter
  • Josef Schreyer
    Josef Schreyer 1841–1923 · economist
  • Sebald Schreyer 1446–1520 · merchant
  • Martin Schreyer 1450– · politician
  • Johann Schreyer 1596–1676 · painter
  • Gregor Schreyer 1719–1767 · composer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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