Schröer

surname · Latin script

Meaning: German surname variant cluster showing dental plosive and vowel spelling variation (d/t, ö/oe/ä); 3150 bearers

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Schröer is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 15K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 105K
  • CDCongo - Kinshasa≈1 in 19K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈13,000 people, est.

Sources
272 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 15K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Schroer in US United States, NL Netherlands, CD Congo - Kinshasa and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

German surname variant cluster showing dental plosive and vowel spelling variation (d/t, ö/oe/ä); 3150 bearers.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Schröer counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Schröer is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈13,000 est.≈1 in 110K—Schroer2
CD Congo - Kinshasa#759≈5,500 est.≈1 in 19K—Schroer1
DE Germany#683≈5,200 est.≈1 in 15KlistedSchröer109
US United States—3,1821 in 105K3.2KSchroer272
ID Indonesia—≈920 est.≈1 in 291K—Schroer2
NL Netherlands—1871 in 92K187Schroer27
IS Iceland—≈12 est.≈1 in 30K—Schroer2

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; the deutsche-namenkunde-gottschald-1982 register; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Schröer is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Schroer, Schro͏̈er, Schroër

  • Portuguese surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Portugal, Angola

    Also written Schroer

  • French surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Netherlands, Gabon

    Also written Schroer, Schroër

  • Turkish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Türkiye

    Also written Schroer

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Schroer

14 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Schröer is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, Berufsname zu mnd. schrōder ‘Schneider’; Dentale mit Plosivvariation. Bearer count: 5742.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

  • In German, Berufsname zu mnd. schrôder(e), schrâder(e) ‚Zuschneider von Stoffen, Schneider u.a.‘; zeigt westnd. d-Schwund; 5.742 Tokens

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

  • In German, Platte zum Schwund von d und zur d/t-Varianz in Schröder/Bödeker; zeigt Ausfall bzw. Wechsel dentaler Plosive.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

  • In German, Niederdeutscher Berufsname zu „Schneider“; die Karte zeigt dentalen Plosiv/-d-/Schreibvarianten. 477 Träger.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

  • In German, Familienname zu Schröder; d-Schwund und o/ö-Varianz. 3150 Träger.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

175018001850190019502000Tobias Gottfried Schröer, b. 1791Karl Julius Schröer, b. 1825Robert Schröer, b. 1856Roderich Mojsisovics von Mojsvár, b. 1877Alfred Schröer, b. 1895Rolfrafael Schröer, b. 1928Henning Schröer, b. 1931Helmut Schröer, b. 1942Thomas Schröer, b. 1946Jan Schröer, b. 1971

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 11 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Schröer
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)2007187#11,059
DE GermanyDeutsche Namenkunde (Gottschald, 1982)———
DE GermanyDeutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 2———

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Schröer mean, and where does it come from?
German surname variant cluster showing dental plosive and vowel spelling variation (d/t, ö/oe/ä); 3150 bearers. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus.
In which country does Schröer have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 13 thousand people named Schröer in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled schroer.
How common is the name Schröer?
In the United States, the national register counted 3,182 people named Schröer in 2010, about 1 in 105 thousand residents.
How common is Schröer compared with other names?
In Germany, Schröer is the 683rd most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Schröer” — the 683rd most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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