The Schumacher surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 25,292 people carried this name — #1,404 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 11,700 people counted. That is up 3% from 24,573 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
4,464 people named Schumacher live in Switzerland.
They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 955 people named Schumacher 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 918 people named Schumacher.
93 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 57 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 599 people named Schumacher live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
191 people named Schumacher have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 307 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 12 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
237 people named Schumacher are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Schumacher in American newspapers,
1905–1952.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 116,236 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schumacher.
- Schulte 16,658 · U.S. census
- Schultheiss 532 · U.S. census
- Schultz 104,888 · U.S. census
- Schultze 2,053 · U.S. census
- Schulz 24,385 · U.S. census
- Schulze 8,509 · U.S. census
- Schumann 6,777 · U.S. census
- Schummer 390 · U.S. census
- Schunck 125 · U.S. census
- Schupp 1,917 · U.S. census
- Schuppe 272 · U.S. census
- Schurch 110 · U.S. census
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