Frequency: (973)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Dutch: from the genitive form of the Middle Dutch status name scholte, schulte ‘village headman’.
GIVEN NAMES: Dutch 4%. Gerrit (8), Dirk (2), Bastian, Berend, Gradus, Harmen, Hendrick, Jacobus, Willem, Wim.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
