How common is the surname Schuster?

17,325 people in the United States had the surname Schuster in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,821 Americans. It ranked 2,088th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schuster?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Schuster identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schuster?

Arthur Schuster, Anglo-German physicist (1851-1934), followed by Walter Schuster.

Where is the surname Schuster most common?

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

Is the surname Schuster getting more or less common?

More common. 17,221 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,325 in 2010, up 0.6%.

The surname Schuster

A surname, carried by 17,325 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S236

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schuster is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

From German Schuster.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 17,325 people named Schuster in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,821 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,221.

#2,088

rank among US surnames

17,325

people in 2010

5.9

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #1,916)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,079	O'Keefe	17,414	17,730
#2,080	Shultz	17,395	17,749
#2,081	Cormier	17,377	17,767
#2,082	Bain	17,371	17,774
#2,083	Madsen	17,364	17,781
#2,084	Cavazos	17,361	17,784
#2,085	Burrows	17,355	17,790

Who is named Schuster

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

94% of people named Schuster identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schusters

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1969
Werner Schuster
Austrian ski jumper and coach, born 1969
Peter Schuster
Austrian chemist, 1941–2026
Harold D. Schuster
American film director and film editor (1902–1986)
Jannik Schuster
Austrian footballer, born 2006
Joseph Schuster
American cellist (1903-1969)
John Summit
American House DJ & Producer, born 1994

Notable Schusters come mostly from Austria (5), the United States (4) and Germany (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schuster

Schuster has the Soundex code S236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S236.

Questions

Where does the surname Schuster come from?: From German Schuster.
How common is the surname Schuster?: 17,325 people in the United States had the surname Schuster in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,821 Americans. It ranked 2,088th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schuster?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Schuster identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schuster?: Arthur Schuster, Anglo-German physicist (1851-1934), followed by Walter Schuster.
Where is the surname Schuster most common?: Wikidata records people named Schuster in Austria, the United States and Germany.
Is the surname Schuster getting more or less common?: More common. 17,221 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,325 in 2010, up 0.6%.