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The Schultheiss surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 532 people carried this name — #40,976 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is up 1% from 526 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Schultheiss surname

Borrowed from German Schultheiß (“mayor”), an occupational surname.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Schultheiss» (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

399 people named Schultheiss 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 82
Basel-Stadt 76
Fribourg 45
Aargau 40
Basel-Landschaft 38
Bern 28
St. Gallen 25
Lucerne 19

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 51 people named Schultheiss.

5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Bas-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 5
Bas-Rhin 32
Haut-Rhin 5
Territoire de Belfort 3
Bouches-du-Rhône 2
Aube 1
Pas-de-Calais 1
Paris 1
Seine-et-Marne 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 Schultheiss,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Wolfgang Schultheiss 1491–1565 · pastor
  • Benedict Schultheiss 1653–1693 · composer
  • Anna Maria Schultheiss 1760–1840 · salonnière
  • Wolfgang Konrad Schultheiss 1785–1866 · teacher
  • Jobst Schultheiss 1802–1865 · businessperson
  • Johann Georg Schultheiss 1809–1872 · author

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

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Surnames next to Schultheiss.

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