How common is the surname Schurman?

1,886 people in the United States had the surname Schurman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 163,704 Americans. It ranked 15,520th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schurman?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schurman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schurman?

Anna Maria van Schurman, artist, scientist and philosopher from the Northern Netherlands (1607-1678), followed by Jacob Gould Schurman.

Where is the surname Schurman most common?

Wikidata records people named Schurman in Dutch Republic and the United States.

Is the surname Schurman getting more or less common?

More common. 1,670 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,886 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Schurman

A surname, carried by 1,886 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S655

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schurman is more common than 90.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,886 people named Schurman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 163,704 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,670.

#15,520

rank among US surnames

1,886

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+12.9%

change since 2000 (was #15,973)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,520	Ewen	1,886	163,704
#15,527	Rayas	1,885	163,791

Who is named Schurman

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

95% of people named Schurman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schurmans

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Anna Maria van Schurman
Artist, scientist and philosopher from the Northern Netherlands (1607-1678)
Jacob Gould Schurman
American diplomat (1854-1942) and Cornell University president

Notable Schurmans come mostly from Dutch Republic (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schurman

Schurman has the Soundex code S655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S655.

Questions

How common is the surname Schurman?: 1,886 people in the United States had the surname Schurman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 163,704 Americans. It ranked 15,520th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schurman?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schurman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schurman?: Anna Maria van Schurman, artist, scientist and philosopher from the Northern Netherlands (1607-1678), followed by Jacob Gould Schurman.
Where is the surname Schurman most common?: Wikidata records people named Schurman in Dutch Republic and the United States.
Is the surname Schurman getting more or less common?: More common. 1,670 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,886 in 2010, up 13%.