Schumacher Surname

4,093rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 137,268 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Schumacher Surname Definition:

(Ger.) Shoemaker [Ger. schuh, M.H.Ger, schuoch, O.H.Ger. scuoh, shoe + Ger. mâcher, from machen, Middle High German machen, O.H.Ger. mahhôn, to make]

Schumacher Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany79,9651:1,00768
United States35,3281:10,2601,246
Switzerland6,1421:1,337100
Brazil3,4111:62,7602,337
France1,7511:37,9344,693
Australia1,3251:20,3742,824
Netherlands1,1211:15,0642,264
Canada1,1161:33,0164,268
Luxembourg1,1161:52038
Belgium1,0581:10,8661,584
Argentina8741:48,9064,126
Austria5441:15,6532,330
England3291:169,35615,609
New Zealand3291:13,7642,392
Denmark3181:17,7511,745
Sri Lanka2921:71,2627,441
Hungary2131:46,0864,904
Poland1971:192,93826,072
Sweden1731:56,9184,403
Thailand1551:455,73179,917
Dominican Republic1391:75,0573,477
Spain1371:341,25619,726
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Norway1081:47,6146,821
South Africa981:552,83443,423
Chile921:191,4836,147
Russia891:1,619,360108,163
Paraguay661:109,6482,491
Portugal571:182,7767,697
Japan561:2,282,93429,427
Ecuador331:481,99510,698
Israel331:259,32223,464
Lithuania331:91,95712,711
Mexico331:3,761,40025,486
Scotland331:162,2379,329
Italy321:1,911,14687,725
Namibia251:96,3768,697
Finland241:229,02918,579
Costa Rica191:251,5832,896
Czechia171:625,49860,070
Philippines171:5,955,190180,670
Wales161:193,40812,484
Colombia131:3,674,92915,922
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Liechtenstein121:3,198355
China111:124,301,9616,553
Croatia111:384,41933,360
Malaysia111:2,681,293102,971
Uruguay111:311,97820,848
Honduras101:881,6444,379
Greece81:1,384,97486,362
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Kazakhstan81:2,210,31295,036
Isle of Man71:12,2602,387
Venezuela71:4,314,86839,591
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Panama51:782,45211,059
Turkey51:15,564,284149,633
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Lesotho21:1,016,27921,693
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland101:442,98715,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England591:413,14224,536
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,2081:22,7442,851

The alternate forms: Schümacher (3) are calculated separately.

Schumacher (160) may also be a first name.

Schumacher Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Ger.) Shoemaker [Ger. schuh, M.H.Ger, schuoch, O.H.Ger. scuoh, shoe + Ger. mâcher, from machen, Middle High German machen, O.H.Ger. mahhôn, to make]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Schumacher Last Name Facts

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

The last name Schumacher has its highest incidence in Germany. It may occur in the variant forms: Schümacher. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Schumacher? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,093rd most widespread surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 53,090 people. The surname Schumacher is predominantly found in Europe, where 68 percent of Schumacher reside; 67 percent reside in Western Europe and 64 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Schumacher is also the 725,185th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 160 people.

This surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 79,965 people, or 1 in 1,007. In Germany Schumacher is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 38 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 11 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 11 percent reside. Not including Germany this surname is found in 108 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 26 percent reside and Switzerland, where 4 percent reside.

Schumacher Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Schumacher has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Schumacher last name grew 1,600 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 558 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 1,600 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 80 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Schumacher Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Schumacher last name are 19.61% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.38% registered with the party.

The amount Schumacher earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 0.99% less than the national average, earning 342,648 kr per year; in Peru they earn 3.13% more than the national average, earning S/. 19,991 per year; in South Africa they earn 12.17% more than the national average, earning R 266,568 per year; in United States they earn 8.93% more than the national average, earning $47,004 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.56% more than the national average, earning $53,438 CAD per year.

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Schumacher Reference & Research

Shoemaker DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Shoemaker FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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