The Shumate surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,311 people carried this name — #4,276 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 35,500 people counted. That is up 1% from 8,196 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Shumate surname

Borrowed from French Chaumette or de la Chaumette.

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

In print

Shumate in American newspapers,
1906.

Newspaper page from The Southern Sentinel carrying the name Shumate
The Southern Sentinel 1906-10-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Shumate in Australian newspapers,
1930s–1960s.

20 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shumate. The most, 7, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

Victoria 6
ACT (Canberra) 5
New South Wales 4
Queensland 2
South Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Shumate,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Harold Shumate
    Harold Shumate 1893–1983 · screenwriter
  • John Shumate
    John Shumate 1952–2025 · basketball player
  • Whitney Shumate 1896–1966 · businessperson
  • Frederick Ortman Shumate 1901–1950

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 Shumate,
in the records of 3 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 States438 records

438 records of the Shumate name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 325
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 104
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record George W. Shumate

    Born 1904 in Missouri. Enlisted 1942 at Jefferson Barracks; cook from Greene County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1964, buried at Springfield National Cemetery, Missouri.

    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 William Clayton Shumate

    Born 1947; from Decatur, Georgia. U.S. Army, tactical wire operations specialist; died in an accident 1968 in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Kenneth Wayne Shumate

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1938, died 1996; buried at Peden Chapel Cemetery, Brookfield, Missouri.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 438 records for Shumate in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Shumate name in Canada City of Calgary cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Murry Shumate

    Buried in 1975 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 71.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Edith Mary Shumate

    Buried in 1941 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Phyllis Shumate

    Buried in 1994 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 89.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Shumate name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Shumate

    Arrived in Victoria in 1877 aboard the Arawata, aged 28.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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