Schuster Surname

4,141st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 135,944 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Samoa

Schuster Surname Definition:

(Ger.) Shoemaker [Middle High German schuoch-, schuoh-sûtœre; Latin sutor, cobbler]

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Schuster Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany80,6201:99967
United States24,3271:14,8991,871
Austria11,5841:73540
Brazil5,9411:36,0331,488
Israel1,8801:4,552672
France1,5101:43,9895,564
Samoa1,4611:13310
Canada1,1871:31,0414,041
Argentina8571:49,8764,210
Australia8321:32,4474,293
Switzerland5771:14,2342,345
Czechia5291:20,1013,065
Romania4671:42,9935,425
Italy4131:148,07923,229
England3601:154,77214,673
South Africa3591:150,91317,111
New Zealand2591:17,4843,070
Denmark2411:23,4222,389
Netherlands2171:77,82113,137
Thailand2141:330,08657,008
Chile1821:96,7943,661
Poland1731:219,70428,713
Slovakia1661:32,1475,747
Spain1591:294,03817,827
Belgium1561:73,69611,740
Luxembourg1441:4,032552
Sweden1181:83,4476,152
Hungary1111:88,4358,728
United States Virgin Islands891:1,240195
Dominican Republic851:122,7405,063
Paraguay691:104,8802,420
Ireland641:73,5774,518
Suriname451:12,2803,102
Venezuela411:736,68512,312
American Samoa391:1,430249
Singapore391:141,2236,278
Croatia371:114,28717,308
United Arab Emirates371:247,62917,078
Mexico331:3,761,40025,486
Namibia301:80,3137,828
Estonia271:48,9569,235
Norway261:197,78022,769
Latvia171:120,59117,235
Slovenia171:146,33413,558
Uruguay171:201,86816,060
New Caledonia161:17,2644,719
Qatar161:147,37516,023
China151:91,154,7714,767
Colombia151:3,184,93814,936
Russia121:12,010,255361,204
Scotland111:486,71119,179
Wales81:386,81619,671
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Fiji41:223,5982,635
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Nauru41:2,970349
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Kosovo31:620,62310,771
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Guam11:160,1214,893
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England781:312,50520,777
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,0771:24,1783,005

Schuster (122) may also be a first name.

Schuster Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Ger.) Shoemaker [Middle High German schuoch-, schuoh-sûtœre; Latin sutor, cobbler]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Shoemaker” in German.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(German) One who made and repaired shoes, a cobbler.

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

Germ. A shoemaker.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the Danish, Schuster; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

User-submitted Reference

The surname Schuchter or Schuster means 'shoe maker'. It was given in a period when surnames represented one's profession.

- jpsos

Shuster or Schuster is Yiddish for the profession of a shoe maker (or cobbler).

- drchazan

This surname means 'shoemaker' in German.

- Forebears.io Manual Submissions

Schuster Last Name Facts

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

Schuster (Russian: Щустер) is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schuster? popularity and diffusion

The surname Schuster is the 4,141st most frequently held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 53,607 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 72 percent of Schuster are found; 70 percent are found in Western Europe and 69 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 844,248th most common first name globally It is held by 122 people.

It is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 80,620 people, or 1 in 999. In Germany Schuster is most prevalent in: Bavaria, where 34 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 16 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 11 percent live. Excluding Germany Schuster occurs in 106 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 18 percent live and Austria, where 9 percent live.

Schuster Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Schuster has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 1,171 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 462 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 6,400 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Schuster Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Schuster last name are 35.05% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 88.28% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Schuster earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 17.4% more than the national average, earning 406,282 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 111.31% more than the national average, earning R 502,164 per year; in Colombia they earn 279.51% more than the national average, earning $86,158,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 9.56% more than the national average, earning $47,275 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.8% more than the national average, earning $54,552 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Schuster Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Schuster in the Russian language
Щустерsuster-

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Schuster Reference & Research

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

Schuster 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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