Last Name SCHALK

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Not available

Origin	Dutch, German, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	11,307 (2000 US census)	18,010 (1990 US census)

Count	2,564 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

97.11%, or 2490 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.39%, or 10 total occurrences, as black,
0.31%, or 8 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.35%, or 9 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
0.86%, or 22 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
0.98%, or 25 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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Shortest last names

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