Schumacher
surname · Latin script
Meaning: a surname originating as an occupation
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 23 countries · latest register: BFS, 2024
/ˈʃuːmaxɐ/(recorded in a dictionary) German · from Wiktionary
Schumacher is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country, where it is the 70th most common surname.
- LULuxembourg≈1 in 780(inferred from the name graph)
- DEGermany≈1 in 1.5K
- CHSwitzerland1 in 1.9K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 450 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 778 (inferred from the name graph)
≈56,000 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Luxembourg, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)a surname originating as an occupation
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
Where the surname Schumacher is found
(measured from records)Schumacher counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | #70 | ≈56,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | listed | Schumacher | 210 |
| US United States | — | 25,292 | 1 in 13K | 25K | Schumacher | 450 |
| CH Switzerland | #155 | 4,471 | 1 in 1.9K | 4.5K | Schumacher | 88 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈3,500 est. | ≈1 in 20K | 321 | Schumacher | 111 |
| BR Brazil | — | 3,074 | 1 in 69K | 3.1K | — | 3 |
| LU Luxembourg | — | ≈870 est. | ≈1 in 778 | 1.1K | — | 27 |
| IE Ireland | — | ≈460 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Schumacher | 12 |
| AG Antigua & Barbuda | #74 | ≈26 est. | ≈1 in 3.6K | — | Schumacher | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; the dfa-band-1 register; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Luxembourg top-100 surnames (surnam.es). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
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)Schumacher is also recorded in 5 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 mnd. schomaker 'Schuster'; die Karte zeigt die Verteilung der o-/au-/oe- bzw. a-Varianten des Vokals in diesem Familiennamen. Bearer count: 20845.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, Berufsname: 'Schuhmacher' (Hersteller/Reparatur von Schuhen); historische Formen u.a. Schomeker, Schomaker, Schumecker, Schuh-
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, Berufsname zu mhd. machen, mnd. maken 'machen, bereiten'; belegt 4 Typen/23.844 Tokens. Demonstriert ch/(c)k-Varianz.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
In German, Berufsname zu 'Schuster'; zeigt die Längenanzeige durch Schuh-/uh-Schreibung.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, Berufsname zum Schuhmacherhandwerk; 'Schuhmacher'. Bearer count: 20764.
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)- Ernst Friedrich Schumacherb. 1911DEBritish economist (1911–1977)
- Michael Schumacherb. 1969DEGerman racing driver (born 1969)
- Ralf Schumacherb. 1975DEGerman racing driver
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)40 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 23 countries.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Schumacher mean, and where does it come from?
- a surname originating as an occupation Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What are other forms of the name Schumacher?
- In the etymology graph, Schuster, Schumann and Schuhmacher are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Schumacher?
- In German /ˈʃuːmaxɐ/ (Wiktionary).
- Which countries have the most people with the surname Schumacher?
- Mondonomo estimates about 56 thousand people named Schumacher in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled schumacher. After it come United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom and Brazil; the country table on this page ranks them.
- How common is the name Schumacher?
- In the United States, the national register counted 25,292 people named Schumacher in 2010, about 1 in 13 thousand residents.
- How common is Schumacher compared with other names?
- In Germany, Schumacher is the 70th most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/schumacherThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Schumacher” — the 70th most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.