Schumans Surname

1,484,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 142 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Schumans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schumans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1281:131,93120,423
Belgium51:2,299,329106,824
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

The alternate forms: Schümans (1) are calculated separately.

Schumans Last Name Facts

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

Schumans occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Schümans. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schumans? popularity and diffusion

The last name Schumans is the 1,484,726th most common surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 51,320,746 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Schumans reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 94 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is held by 128 people, or 1 in 131,931. In The Netherlands Schumans is most common in: Limburg, where 82 percent are found, North Brabant, where 6 percent are found and South Holland, where 6 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands it is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 4 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.

Schumans Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Schumans has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Schumans last name decreased 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schümans961/
Schoumans94111/
Schaumans9442/
Schuumans941/
Shumans93105/
Sumans869/
Schoomans821/
Schiemans821/
Summans802/
Saumans801/
Shimans801/
Suhmans801/
Soumans801/
Soutmans7527/
Shimmans7526/
Schimanz7522/
Schiemanz7131/
Schimmanz712/
Sumons711/
Somans711/
Schimmons711/
Summons67920/
Sumanje6714/
Soomans673/
Somains672/
Scimons671/
Soumanz671/
Soumons671/
Sommans670/
Shimons670/
Sutmons670/
Shimmons63253/
Scimmons6324/
Siummons630/
Soumandje591/
Sumões571/
Somons571/
Sommons5394/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Schumans
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