Find out how popular the last name Schuman is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Schuman.

Schuman, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Schuman surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Schuman in America

Schuman is the 5964th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Schuman surname appeared 5,770 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 people would have the surname Schuman.

We can also compare 2010 data for Schuman to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Schuman

The surname SCHUMAN is of German origin, derived from the Old German word "schuoch" or "schuohman," which meant a shoemaker or a cobbler. It first appeared in the 14th century in various parts of Germany, particularly in the southern regions such as Bavaria and Württemberg.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the Bavarian town of Augsburg, where a certain Hans Schuman was mentioned in a tax register from the year 1385. The name was also present in the nearby city of Nuremberg, where a family of the name Schuman resided in the late 15th century.

In the 16th century, the SCHUMAN name spread to other parts of Europe as a result of migration and trade. Some notable examples include Johann Schuman, a German composer and organist born in Saxony in 1556, and Heinrich Schuman, a Dutch engraver and printmaker active in Amsterdam during the early 1600s.

The SCHUMAN name also appears in various historical records and manuscripts from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance period. For instance, a certain Konrad Schuman is mentioned in a legal document from the town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, dated 1472.

As the centuries passed, the name underwent various spelling variations, such as Schuhmann, Schuhman, and Shuman, reflecting regional dialects and scribal variations. However, the core meaning remained the same, referring to the occupation of shoemaking or cobbling.

Among the more famous bearers of the SCHUMAN surname, one can mention Robert Schuman (1886-1963), a French statesman and one of the founding fathers of the European Union. Another notable figure is Maurice Schuman (1911-1998), a French writer and political commentator born in Romania.

Other notable individuals with the SCHUMAN surname include Walter Schuman (1913-2000), an American composer and music educator; Howard Schuman (1924-2015), an American sociologist and pioneer in survey research; and Cadwallader D. Schuman (1877-1924), an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Schuman

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Schuman.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Schuman was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Schuman has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Schuman was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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