Explore the Family Name Schulenberg

The meaning of Schulenberg

German: habitational name from any of several places so named, for example near Rostock and near Goslar. There has probably been some confusion with Schulenburg.

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

According to the Popularity data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Schulenberg was ranked 31,738 in 2000 and dropped slightly in rank to 32,302 in 2010, indicating a marginal decrease in popularity by 1.78%. However, the actual count of individuals with this surname increased from 688 in 2000 to 713 in 2010, reflecting a growth of 3.63%. Despite this increase, the proportion per 100,000 people decreased from 0.26 to 0.24 over the same period, representing a 7.69% drop.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#31,738	#32,302	-1.78%
Count	688	713	3.63%
Proportion per 100k	0.26	0.24	-7.69%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Schulenberg

In terms of Ethnicity, data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that the majority of individuals with the Schulenberg surname identify as White, comprising 96.22% in 2000 and slightly decreasing to 94.81% in 2010. The ethnicity data also shows some shifts among other ethnic groups. There's an increase in those identifying as Hispanic, moving up from 0.73% in 2000 to 1.82% in 2010, marking a substantial change of 149.32%. Individuals identifying with two or more races slightly decreased from 1.74% to 1.68%. Interestingly, there was a small emergence of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander in 2010, while the percentage of American Indian and Alaskan Native dropped to zero. The Black category remained constant at 0% for both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.22%	94.81%	-1.47%
Hispanic	0.73%	1.82%	149.32%
Two or More Races	1.74%	1.68%	-3.45%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.84%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.73%	0%	0%