as a Last Name
- 3,108
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Schantz
Meaning & Origins
German: 1. from Middle High German schanz ‘peasant jacket’, probably applied as a nickname for a peasant. 2. topographic name from Middle High German schanze. 3. nickname for a gambler, from Middle High German schanz(e) ‘game of dice’, ‘hazard’.
| 8,996th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 3,108
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- North Dakota
- has the most people named Schantz per capita
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