Schulten

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

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

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 32K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 1.2M
  • NLNetherlands1 in 37K

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.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,500 people, est.

Sources
154 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 32K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Schulten 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 Schulten is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈2,500 est.≈1 in 32KlistedSchulten101
NL Netherlands4661 in 37K466Schulten34
US United States2691 in 1.2M381Schulten154
GB United Kingdom≈76 est.≈1 in 862K17Schulten23
IT Italy≈53 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Schulten2
CH Switzerland131 in 646K13Schulten8
PA Panama≈6 est.≈1 in 610K—Schulten1

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: the dfa-band-1 register; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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)

Schulten is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Schultén

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Netherlands

    Also written Schultén

  • Swedish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, United States, Netherlands, Finland

    Languages: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish

    Also written Schultén

31 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Arnold Schulten, b. 1809John William Schulten, b. 1821Adolf Schulten, b. 1870Rudolf Schulten, b. 1923Uwe Schulten-Baumer, b. 1926Kees Schulten, b. 1933Ton Schulten, b. 1938Klaus Schulten, b. 1947Susan Schulten, b. 1968

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 18 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Schulten
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)2007466#4,193
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020381#57,668
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000312#60,390
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010269#72,332
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)200217#100,824
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202413#50,156
GB United KingdomBBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names———
DE GermanyDeutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 1———
DE GermanyDeutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 2———
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • 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

In which country does Schulten have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.5 thousand people named Schulten in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled schulten.
How common is the name Schulten?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 466 people named Schulten in 2007, about 1 in 37 thousand residents.

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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, “Schulten”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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