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The Schuh surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,976 people carried this name — #6,777 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 59,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,834 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 473 people named Schuh.

37 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 37
Bas-Rhin 140
Haut-Rhin 89
Moselle 89
Paris 39
Allier 12
Meurthe-et-Moselle 12
Côte-d’Or 6
Marne 6

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

107 people named Schuh live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 40
Bern 16
Schwyz 11
Aargau 8
Basel-Stadt 8
Graubünden 6
Thurgau 5
Fribourg 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 80 people named Schuh live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Misiones.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Misiones 37
Buenos Aires Province 33
City of Buenos Aires 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Schuh in American newspapers,
1890–1930.

Newspaper page from The Poplar Standard carrying the name Schuh
The Poplar Standard 1930-11-27
Newspaper page from The Browning Review carrying the name Schuh
The Browning Review 1925-01-30
Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Schuh
The Anaconda Standard 1890-09-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 74,516 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Schuh,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Franz Schuh
    Franz Schuh 1804–1865 · physician
  • Frederik Schuh
    Frederik Schuh 1875–1966 · mathematician
  • Carl Schuh 1806–1863 · photographer
  • Carl Schuh 1806–1863 · photographer
  • Lewis Herman Schuh 1858–1936 · parson
  • Adam Schuh 1870–1948 · historian

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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