Schreier
surname · Latin script
Meaning: From mhd./mnd. schri(e)n, schri(gen) 'to cry, shout' or schrīer 'crier, herald'; occupational title or trait surname
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈʃɹaɪɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Schreier is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 139K(measured from records)
- CHSwitzerland1 in 19K
- CZCzechia1 in 49K
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 177 (measured from records)
- 1 in 19K (inferred from the name graph)
2,390 people, 2010
Highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From mhd./mnd. schri(e)n, schri(gen) 'to cry, shout' or schrīer 'crier, herald'; occupational title or trait surname. Bearer count: 2828+6.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Schreier 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 2,390 | 1 in 139K | 2.4K | Schreier | 177 |
| CH Switzerland | 434 | 1 in 19K | 434 | Schreier | 31 |
| CZ Czechia | 219 | 1 in 49K | 220 | — | 1 |
| AR Argentina | 165 | 1 in 276K | 165 | — | — |
| PL Poland | 112 | 1 in 342K | 61 | Schreier | 1 |
| NO Norway | 44 | 1 in 124K | 44 | — | 4 |
2,390 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); MVČR — living population register 2017; KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Schreier is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, screamer, shouter, yeller
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, Deutscher Familienname, Übername nach persönlichem Merkmal: 'Schreier' = lauter, schreiender Mensch; 4564 Träger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, Personenname nach Sprachverhalten: Schreier/Rufer. Bearer counts CH/AT: 228/217.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, Personenmerkmal: schreiend, laut redend (Sprachverhalten).
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
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)
- Theodor Schreierb. 1873ATAustrian architect, Holocaust victim (1873-1943)
- Anna Schreierb. 1878CZAustrian holocaust victim (1878-1942)
- Otto Schreierb. 1901ATAustrian mathematician (1901–1929)
- Peter Schreierb. 1935DEGerman tenor and conductor (1935-2019)
- Karen Schreierb. 1956USAmerican judge
- Christian Schreierb. 1959DEGerman footballer and manager
- Anno Schreierb. 1979DEGerman composer
- Jake Schreierb. 1981USAmerican film director
- Jason Schreierb. 1987USAmerican video game journalist (born 1987)
- Sandy SchreierUSAmerican fashion historian and collector of couture clothing
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 25 sources across 16 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.4K | #12,878 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.2K | #12,841 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2.1K | #13,685 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 434 | #3,004 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 220 | #5,342 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 219 | #7,695 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 165 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 61 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 61 | #43,859 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 51 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 51 | #49,338 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 44 | #28,160 |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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
- Where does the name Schreier come from?
- From mhd./mnd. schri(e)n, schri(gen) 'to cry, shout' or schrīer 'crier, herald'; occupational title or trait surname. Bearer count: 2828+6. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen.
- How do you pronounce Schreier?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈʃɹaɪɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Schreier mean?
- Recorded meaning: From mhd./mnd. schri(e)n, schri(gen) 'to cry, shout' or schrīer 'crier, herald'; occupational title or trait surname.
- In which country does Schreier have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 2.4 thousand people named Schreier, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled schreier.
- Where is Schreier most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Schreier is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 19 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Schreier?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,390 people named Schreier in 2010, about 1 in 139 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, “Schreier”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.