Explore the Family Name Schildgen

The meaning of Schildgen

German (Rhineland): 1. from a personal name based on ancient Germanic scild ‘disk, shield’ + Rhenish diminutive suffix -gen. 2. variant (Rhenish diminutive form) of Schild.

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How common is the last name Schildgen in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Schildgen has seen a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Schildgen ranked 63,812 in terms of popularity, but by 2010, it had slipped to 71,886, marking a change of -12.65%. In terms of actual counts, there were 292 individuals with the surname Schildgen in the year 2000, which fell to 271 people by 2010, a drop of -7.19%. Consequently, the proportion per 100k people also decreased from 0.11 to 0.09 during this period, indicating a -18.18% change.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#63,812	#71,886	-12.65%
Count	292	271	-7.19%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.09	-18.18%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Schildgen

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Schildgen also underwent some changes between 2000 and 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. While the majority of individuals with this surname identified as White (92.12% in 2000 and 87.08% in 2010), there was a notable increase in those identifying as Hispanic, from 6.51% in 2000 to 9.23% in 2010, a positive change of 41.78%. Meanwhile, the percentage of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black remained constant at zero throughout the decade. Interestingly, the designation of "Two or more races" emerged in 2010, accounting for 2.21% of people with the Schildgen surname.

	2000	2010	Change
White	92.12%	87.08%	-5.47%
Hispanic	6.51%	9.23%	41.78%
Two or More Races	0%	2.21%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%