Schoolman Surname

692,305th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 427 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Schoolman Surname Definition:

(German, Polish) One who taught in a school, a schoolmaster; an important functionary of the synagogue in the early Jewish communities of Poland.

Schoolman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4151:873,39566,215
England61:9,286,343223,652
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:2,282,667111,005

Schoolman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German, Polish) One who taught in a school, a schoolmaster; an important functionary of the synagogue in the early Jewish communities of Poland.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Schoolman Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Schoolman Come From? nationality or country of origin

Schoolman has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Schoolman? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 692,305th most commonly used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 17,066,852 people. The surname Schoolman is predominantly found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Schoolman are found; 97 percent are found in North America and 97 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 415 people, or 1 in 873,395. In The United States it is mostly found in: Illinois, where 27 percent reside, New York, where 13 percent reside and Missouri, where 12 percent reside. Barring The United States it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.

Schoolman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Schoolman has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Schoolman last name expanded 1,886 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Schoolman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Schoolman surname are 23.11% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 69.88% being registered with the political party.

Schoolman earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.49% more than the national average, earning $47,243 USD per year.

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