How common is the surname Shuster?

4,428 people in the United States had the surname Shuster in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,726 Americans. It ranked 7,515th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Shuster?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Shuster identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Shuster?

John Shuster, American curler, followed by Bill Shuster.

Where is the surname Shuster most common?

Wikidata records people named Shuster in the United States.

Is the surname Shuster getting more or less common?

More common. 4,353 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,428 in 2010, up 1.7%.

The surname Shuster

A surname, carried by 4,428 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). Shuster is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,428 people named Shuster in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,726 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,353.

#7,515

rank among US surnames

4,428

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #7,085)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,512	More	4,432	69,663
#7,513	McQuade	4,430	69,694
#7,514	Duquette	4,429	69,710
#7,515	Shuster	4,428	69,726
#7,516	Hans	4,427	69,741

Who is named Shuster

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

95% of people named Shuster identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Shusters

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Shuster
American curler, born 1982
Bill Shuster
American politician, born 1961
William Morgan Shuster
American publisher (1877-1960)
Bud Shuster
American politician (1932–2023)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shuster

Schuster

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

Questions

How common is the surname Shuster?: 4,428 people in the United States had the surname Shuster in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,726 Americans. It ranked 7,515th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shuster?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Shuster identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Shuster?: John Shuster, American curler, followed by Bill Shuster.
Where is the surname Shuster most common?: Wikidata records people named Shuster in the United States.
Is the surname Shuster getting more or less common?: More common. 4,353 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,428 in 2010, up 1.7%.