# Schuster (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/schuster/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 17,325 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,088 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,821 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.6% (17,221 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From German Schuster.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Schuster in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Schuster in Austria, the United States and Germany.

## People named Schuster

- Arthur Schuster, Anglo-German physicist (1851-1934)
- Walter Schuster, Austrian alpine skier (1929–2018)
- JuJu Smith-Schuster, American football player (born 1996)
- Stefanie Schuster, Austrian alpine skier
- Werner Schuster, Austrian ski jumper and coach
- Peter Schuster, Austrian chemist
- Harold D. Schuster, American film director and film editor (1902–1986)
- Jannik Schuster, Austrian footballer
- Joseph Schuster, American cellist (1903-1969)
- John Summit, American House DJ & Producer

## Similar surnames

Shuster, Schechter, Schachter, Schecter, Sistrunk, Sostre.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.