How common is the surname Schumann?

6,777 people in the United States had the surname Schumann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,558 Americans. It ranked 5,162nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schumann?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Schumann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schumann?

Peter Schumann, American theatre director and puppeteer.

Where is the surname Schumann most common?

Wikidata records people named Schumann in the United States.

Is the surname Schumann getting more or less common?

More common. 6,728 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,777 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Schumann

A German surname, carried by 6,777 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schumann is more common than 96.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Schumann.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,777 people named Schumann in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,558 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,728.

#5,162

rank among US surnames

6,777

people in 2010

2.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #4,798)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,156	Hetrick	6,784	45,511
#5,158	Furlong	6,783	45,518
#5,160	Sarver	6,780	45,538
#5,162	Loftis	6,777	45,558

Who is named Schumann

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Schumann identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schumanns

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Peter Schumann
American theatre director and puppeteer, born 1934

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Schuman
Shoemann
Shoeman

Surnames that sound like Schumann

Schumann has the Soundex code S550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S550.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Schumann come from?: Borrowed from German Schumann.
How common is the surname Schumann?: 6,777 people in the United States had the surname Schumann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,558 Americans. It ranked 5,162nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schumann?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Schumann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schumann?: Peter Schumann, American theatre director and puppeteer.
Where is the surname Schumann most common?: Wikidata records people named Schumann in the United States.
Is the surname Schumann getting more or less common?: More common. 6,728 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,777 in 2010, up 0.7%.
What are other spellings of Schumann?: Schuman, Shoemann and Shoeman.