Bundschuh
surname · Latin script
Meaning: historic type of leather shoe, worn by German peasants in the middle ages
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈbəndʃu/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Bundschuh is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- DEGermany
- USUnited States
- ATAustria
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
historic type of leather shoe, worn by German peasants in the middle ages.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Bundschuh is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Berufsname zu mhd. bundeschuoch 'mit Riemen gebundener Schuh'; Bezeichnung für Hersteller oder Träger. Bearer count: 795.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, Berufsname zum Schuhmacher/Schuhwerk; 'bäuerliche Schnürschuhe'. 795 Tokens.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, Berufsname: Schuster; Bezug auf den Bundschuh (Schuh).
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Johann Kaspar Bundschuhb. 1753DEGerman writer (1753-1814)
- Waltraud Bundschuhb. 1928DEGerman politician
- Dietrich Bundschuhb. 1930DEGerman judge, Federal Court of Justice
- Gerhard Bundschuhb. 1933DEGerman physician and university professor
- Benno von Bundschuhb. 1935CZCatholic priest and theologian
- Werner Bundschuhb. 1951ATAustrian historian, author and teacher
- Jörg Bundschuhb. 1953DEGerman film producer and director
- Matthias Bundschuhb. 1966DEGerman actor
- Mirco Bundschuhb. 1982DEresearcher
- Mathilde Bundschuhb. 1994DEGerman actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 10 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 402 | #51,723 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 383 | #57,414 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 363 | #53,420 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 13 | #50,156 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 3 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 3 | #251,513 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 1 | #160,386 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 1 | #263,855 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Bundschuh mean, and where does it come from?
- historic type of leather shoe, worn by German peasants in the middle ages. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Bundschuh?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈbəndʃu/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Bundschuh have the most bearers?
- Bundschuh is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bundschuh”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.