Schuster
surname · Latin script
Meaning: A shoe artisan, only in the district of under Rhine, Baden 1809
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ʃʊstɚ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Schuster is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country, where it is the 68th most common surname.
- ATAustria≈1 in 1.6K(inferred from the name graph)
- DEGermany≈1 in 1.6K
- USUnited States1 in 19K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 405 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈49,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Austria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A shoe artisan, only in the district of under Rhine, Baden 1809.
Sources 1
- The Origin of Jewish Family Names: Morphology and History
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Schuster 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 | #68 | ≈49,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | listed | Schuster | 219 |
| US United States | — | 17,325 | 1 in 19K | 17K | Schuster | 405 |
| BR Brazil | — | 5,868 | 1 in 36K | 5.9K | — | 5 |
| AT Austria | #49 | ≈5,500 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | — | Schuster | 116 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈4,800 est. | ≈1 in 56K | — | Schuster | 15 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 698 | 1 in 12K | 698 | Schuster | 52 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | Schuster | 45 |
| IE Ireland | — | ≈280 est. | ≈1 in 18K | — | Schuster | 14 |
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 deutsche-namenkunde-gottschald-1982 register; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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)
Schuster 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, shoemaker, cobbler (of male or unspecified sex)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, Berufsname: 'Schuster' (Schuhmacher/Schuhreparateur); historische Formen auch Schusteren, Schoster, S(ch)uster.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, Berufsname zum Schuhmacherhandwerk; 'Schuhmacher'. Bearer count: 21406.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, Berufsname: der Schuster; aus mhd. schūster 'Schuhmacher/Schuster'.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, Berufsname: Schuster/Schuhmacher; Belege im Typ: 4 Varianten, 21530 Tokens (Schuster(s) 21406+23, Schoster 88, Schüsterl 13).
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)
- Arthur Schusterb. 1851DEAnglo-German physicist (1851-1934)
- Alfredo Ildefonso Schusterb. 1880ITMetropolitan Archbishop of Milan and Cardinal of the Catholic Church, beatified in 1996
- Harold D. Schusterb. 1902USAmerican film director and film editor (1902–1986)
- Rudolf Schusterb. 1934SKSlovak President, head of Slovak National Council and politician
- Hans-Emil Schusterb. 1934DEGerman astronomer
- Bernd Schusterb. 1959DEGerman association football manager and former player
- Dirk Schusterb. 1967DEGerman association football player and manager
- Shellbackb. 1985SEnot in their usual nameSwedish songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist (born 1985)
- Julian Schusterb. 1985DEGerman association football player
- JuJu Smith-Schusterb. 1996USAmerican football player (born 1996)
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 42 sources across 26 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 17K | #2,088 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 17K | #1,916 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 17K | #2,116 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 5.9K | #1,985 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 698 | #1,811 |
| DE Germany | Deutsche Namenkunde (Gottschald, 1982) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 7
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
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 Schuster mean, and where does it come from?
- A shoe artisan, only in the district of under Rhine, Baden 1809. Recorded by The Origin of Jewish Family Names: Morphology and History.
- What are other forms of the name Schuster?
- In the etymology graph, Schumacher, Schubert and Schumann are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Schuster?
- A machine transcription gives /ʃʊstɚ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Schuster have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 49 thousand people named Schuster in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled schuster.
- How common is the name Schuster?
- In the United States, the national register counted 17,325 people named Schuster in 2010, about 1 in 19 thousand residents.
- How common is Schuster compared with other names?
- In Germany, Schuster is the 68th most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.
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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.
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, “Schuster” — the 68th most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.