Where Does the Scheller Surname Come From?

Arms linked to Schaller and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Meaning of the name

Scheller and Schaller are two spellings with one history. Its meaning, shared with Schaller, is “town crier or noisy man”.

Only a small detail separates the spellings: Scheller has “e” where Schaller has “a”. You may also find the name written Schaler. According to the 2010 US Census, the Scheller surname had 3,672 bearers. That is enough to place it in the top 10,000 American surnames. INSEE counts 156 people born in France with the Scheller surname between 1891 and 2000; the busiest decade was 1931–1940.

Get the complete Scheller report, with a museum-style coat of arms.