The Schuck surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,181 people carried this name — #7,912 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 70,400 people counted. That is up 7% from 3,897 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Schuck surname
From the German surname, variant of Schuh (“shoe”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Schuck» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 168 people named Schuck.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 113 people named Schuck 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 Santa Fe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
80 people named Schuck live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 print
Schuck in American newspapers,
1904–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,915 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Schuck,
with a public archive behind them.
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Arthur A. Schuck 1895–1963 -
Robert D. Schuck 1917–2003 · lawyer -
Jakob Schuck 1831–1890 · politician
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Margarete Schuck 1861–1950 · writer
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Ida Schlosstein 1875–
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Johannes Schuck 1877–1950 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schuck.
- 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
- Schueller 2,410 · U.S. census
- Schuft 135 · U.S. census
- Schuh 4,976 · U.S. census
- Schuhmacher 464 · U.S. census
- Schuler 14,745 · U.S. census
- Schull 988 · U.S. census
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