Schurz

surname · Latin script

Meaning: apron

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

/ʃʊɹts/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

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

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 109K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 1.1M
  • ATAustria≈1 in 46K

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)

≈1,900 people, est.

Sources
119 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 46K (inferred from the name graph)

Austria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Schürz in AT Austria.

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)

apron

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Schurz 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 Schurz is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈1,900 est.≈1 in 726K—Schurz1
DE Germany≈730 est.≈1 in 109K—Schurz62
US United States3161 in 1.1M351Schurz119
AT Austria≈190 est.≈1 in 46K—Schürz24
BO Bolivia≈82 est.≈1 in 142K—Schurz1

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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. 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)

Schurz is also recorded as 5 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 Schürz

  • Czech surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia

    Also written Schürz

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Egypt

    Also written Schürz

  • a separate name7 spellings in the group

    Also written Schürz

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Schürz

20 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)

Schurz is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, from der Schurz; also from mhd. schürz 'short'

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

  • In German, 1. "der Schurz" (x mhd. schürz "kurz") Sdruscheng Schwaige

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

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)

175018001850190019502000Anton Schurz, b. 1794Carl Schurz, b. 1829Margarethe Meyer-Schurz, b. 1833Katharina Schurz, b. 1839Mathilde Schurz, b. 1868Josef Schurz, b. 1924Grete Schurz, b. 1934Barbara Schurz, b. 1973

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)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 10 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Schurz
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020351#61,734
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010316#63,218
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000310#60,706
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • 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 Schurz mean, and where does it come from?
apron Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Schurz?
A machine transcription gives /ʃʊɹts/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Schurz have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.9 thousand people named Schurz in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled schurz.
How common is the name Schurz?
In the United States, the national register counted 316 people named Schurz in 2010, about 1 in 1.1 million 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, “Schurz”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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