How common is the surname Shoemaker?

30,934 people in the United States had the surname Shoemaker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,981 Americans. It ranked 1,133rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Shoemaker?

Eugene Merle Shoemaker, American geologist and astronomer, followed by Carolyn S. Shoemaker.

Where is the surname Shoemaker most common?

Wikidata records people named Shoemaker in the United States.

How do you pronounce Shoemaker?

Shoemaker is /ˈʃuˌmeɪkɚ/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Shoemaker getting more or less common?

More common. 30,756 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 30,934 in 2010, up 0.6%.

The surname Shoemaker

An occupational surname, carried by 30,934 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈʃuˌmeɪkɚ/ 3 syllables Soundex S526

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shoemaker is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

By proprialization from shoemaker.

Shoemaker is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 30,934 people named Shoemaker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,981 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 30,756.

#1,133

rank among US surnames

30,934

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #1,040)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,124	Hartley	31,221	9,889
#1,125	Ng	31,210	9,893
#1,126	Kendall	31,209	9,893
#1,127	Cleveland	31,123	9,920
#1,128	Crowley	31,098	9,928
#1,129	Pearce	31,060	9,940
#1,130	Dillard	31,021	9,953

Who is named Shoemaker

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

94% of people named Shoemaker identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Shoemakers

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eugene Merle Shoemaker
American geologist and astronomer, 1928–1997
Carolyn S. Shoemaker
American astronomer, researcher and university teacher, 1929–2021
Craig Shoemaker
American stand-up comedian, born 1958
Ann Shoemaker
American actress (1891-1978)
Bill Shoemaker
American jockey (1931–2003)
Sydney Shoemaker
American philosopher (1931–2022)
Blanche Shoemaker Wagstaff
American poet, 1886–1967

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Shoemark
Shoemake

Surnames that sound like Shoemaker

Shoemaker has the Soundex code S526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S526.

Questions

Where does the surname Shoemaker come from?: By proprialization from shoemaker.
How common is the surname Shoemaker?: 30,934 people in the United States had the surname Shoemaker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,981 Americans. It ranked 1,133rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shoemaker?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Shoemaker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Shoemaker?: Eugene Merle Shoemaker, American geologist and astronomer, followed by Carolyn S. Shoemaker.
Where is the surname Shoemaker most common?: Wikidata records people named Shoemaker in the United States.
How do you pronounce Shoemaker?: Shoemaker is /ˈʃuˌmeɪkɚ/, 3 syllables.
What type of surname is Shoemaker?: Shoemaker is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Shoemaker getting more or less common?: More common. 30,756 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 30,934 in 2010, up 0.6%.
What are other spellings of Shoemaker?: Shoemark and Shoemake.