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

Shugarman, 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 Shugarman surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Shugarman in America

Shugarman is the 143149th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Shugarman surname appeared 116 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Shugarman.

We can also compare 2010 data for Shugarman 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 Shugarman

The surname Shugarman is of Ashkenazic Jewish origin, originating from the Yiddish language spoken by Jews in Eastern Europe. It is a variation of the German surname Zuckermann, which translates to "sugar man" or "confectioner."

The name likely emerged in the late Middle Ages or early modern period, when many Jewish families adopted occupational surnames based on their trades or professions. The earliest recorded instances of the Shugarman surname can be found in census records and tax rolls from the 16th and 17th centuries in Poland, Ukraine, and other parts of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

The Shugarman surname is often associated with the city of Krakow, Poland, which had a thriving Jewish community and a long tradition of sugar production and confectionery. Some of the earliest known bearers of the name may have been involved in the sugar trade or worked as confectioners in this region.

One notable early figure with the Shugarman surname was Rabbi Yitzchak Shugarman (c. 1570-1640), a renowned Talmudic scholar and author from Krakow. His works, including commentaries on the Talmud and Jewish law, were widely studied and influential in the Jewish communities of Eastern Europe.

In the 18th century, the Shugarman family spread across various parts of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Russian Empire. Notable individuals from this period include Chaim Shugarman (1726-1801), a successful merchant and philanthropist in Warsaw, and Leah Shugarman (1760-1825), a prominent educator and founder of one of the first modern Jewish schools for girls in Vilnius.

As the Jewish population dispersed throughout Europe and later immigrated to the Americas, the Shugarman surname became more widespread. Prominent bearers of the name in the 19th and early 20th centuries include Isaac Shugarman (1836-1911), a pioneering Zionist leader and advocate for Jewish settlement in Palestine, and Esther Shugarman (1880-1945), a renowned Yiddish writer and feminist activist from New York City.

Throughout its history, the Shugarman surname has been associated with a wide range of occupations, from confectioners and merchants to scholars, writers, and community leaders. While the name's origins can be traced back to the sugar trade in Eastern Europe, it has become a distinctive and enduring part of the Jewish cultural heritage.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Shugarman

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

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 Shugarman 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 Shugarman 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 Shugarman was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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