The Schroder surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,325 people carried this name — #6,392 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 55,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 5,167 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Schroder surname
From German Schröder.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Schroder» (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
861 people named Schroder live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 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 558 people named Schroder 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 416 people named Schroder 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.
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 Poland’s population register
389 people named Schroder have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 789 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 188 people named Schroder.
Most of them — 115 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 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 the Nordic population registers
1,904 people named Schroder are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. 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) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Schroder in American newspapers,
1872–1935.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 62,082 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Schroder,
with a public archive behind them.
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Bryan Schroder 1959– · lawyer -
John Schroder 1966– · politician -
Ricky Schroder 1970– · screenwriter -
Chris Schroder 1978– · baseball player -
Christoph Schröder 1871–1928 · biologist
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Charles George Schroder 1893–1962
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 63 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schroder.
- 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
- Schroeder 67,977 · U.S. census
- Schroeter 1,652 · U.S. census
- Schroetter 115 · U.S. census
- Schroll 1,162 · U.S. census
- Schroth 1,775 · U.S. census
- Schubert 12,629 · U.S. census
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