Surname Spotlight: Scheider

Wikidata records Scheider as a German family name. The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Scheider with 838 bearers, at rank 28,465. French birth records list 287 children named Scheider between 1891 and 2000. Births under the name grew in the later decades.

Surname origin

Where a surname's origin is uncertain, as with Scheider, the best clues come from your own ancestors' parish and civil records. Start with the most recent records and work back one generation at a time.

Similar names

The Scheider family name is well attested in modern population records.

Arms associated with the name

There is no single Scheider family crest for all bearers; the honest first step is to find out which Scheider line, if any, bore arms.

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