The Shulman surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,104 people carried this name — #8,076 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,900 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (4,105).

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What the name means

The meaning of the Shulman surname

Of Jewish-Ashkenazi origin, literally meaning "synagogue-man".

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Shulman» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 29 people named Shulman 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 City of Buenos Aires.

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

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 15
Buenos Aires Province 14

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

In print

Shulman in American newspapers,
1892–1925.

Newspaper page from Albuquerque Evening Citizen carrying the name Shulman
Albuquerque Evening Citizen 1907-03-09
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Shulman
The Salt Lake Herald 1892-10-20
Newspaper page from The Cody Enterprise carrying the name Shulman
The Cody Enterprise 1925-01-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,078 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Shulman in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1990s.

635 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shulman. The most, 156, date from the 1980s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 4.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 342
New South Wales 197
Western Australia 64
ACT (Canberra) 14
Queensland 6
Tasmania 4
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shulman.

Who carried it

People named Shulman,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Rudolf Johann Wilhelm von Schulmann
    Rudolf Johann Wilhelm von Schulmann 1814–1874 · military officer
  • Elʻazar Shulman
    Elʻazar Shulman 1837–1904 · writer
  • Shmuel Schulman
    Shmuel Schulman 1843–1899 · sofer
  • Carl August Schulman
    Carl August Schulman 1861–1918 · military officer
  • Naphtali Herz Shulman d. 1830 · poet
  • Friedrich Reinhold von Schulmann 1773–1845 · military officer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Shulman,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,385 records

1,385 records of the Shulman name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 745
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 338
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 210
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 72
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 16
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Joseph I. Shulman

    Born 1917 in Connecticut. Enlisted 1943 at Hartford; store manager from Fairfield County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Agudath Sholom Cemetery, Stamford, Connecticut.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Irving Shulman

    Born 1932; from Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, light weapons infantry leader; killed in action 1953 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Clement Shulman

    Arrived at New York in 1847 aboard the Waverly from Havre, aged 44; mechanic. From Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 1,385 records for Shulman in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada6 records

6 records of the Shulman name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 3
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Louis William Shulman

    Buried in 1981 at St. Mary's Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 79.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Sophie Shulman

    Died 1923 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Joe Shulman

    Died in service in 1943.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 6 records for Shulman in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Norway6 records

6 records of the Shulman name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record David Shulman

    Census of 1910: Platousgate, Kristiania; shoe factory worker, born 1881 in Riga.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Rachel Shulman

    Census of 1910: Platousgate, Kristiania; born 1906 in London.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Ette Shulman

    Census of 1910: Platousgate, Kristiania; born 1883 in Riga.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Shulman in Norway.

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Australia4 records

4 records of the Shulman name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Ephraim Shulman

    Director of Toorak, Victoria; died 1973.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ephriam Shulman

    Arrived in Victoria in 1923 aboard the Moreton Bay, aged 19.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Fejga Shulman

    Of Armadale, Victoria; died 1994.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Shulman in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Shulman name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Shulman

    Essex Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Shulman name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Harold Sinclair Shulman

    In a population register.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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Surnames next to Shulman.

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