Schantz

English

Alternative forms

• Shands, Shontz

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schantz.

Proper noun

Schantz (plural Schantzes)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Schantz is the 9949^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3245 individuals. Schantz is most common among White (96.46%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Schantz”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.