The Shuster surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,428 people carried this name — #7,515 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 66,700 people counted. That is up 2% from 4,353 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

21 families named Shuster, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 109 people lived in those households, 5.2 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 2 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 16
New York 2
Maryland 2
Connecticut 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 262 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Shuster in American newspapers,
1902–1912.

Newspaper page from The Billings Gazette carrying the name Shuster
The Billings Gazette 1902-06-24
Newspaper page from Omaha Daily Bee carrying the name Shuster
Omaha Daily Bee 1912-01-14
Newspaper page from Omaha Daily Bee carrying the name Shuster
Omaha Daily Bee 1911-12-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 22,755 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Shuster in Australian newspapers,
1870s–2000s.

1,120 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Shuster. The most, 647, date from the 1910s. Victoria has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 2.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 271
Western Australia 255
New South Wales 205
Queensland 164
South Australia 119
Tasmania 103
ACT (Canberra) 1
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Shuster,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Morgan Shuster
    William Morgan Shuster 1877–1960 · writer
  • Joe Shuster
    Joe Shuster 1914–1992 · screenwriter
  • Joe Shuster
    Joe Shuster 1914–1992 · screenwriter
  • Frank Shuster
    Frank Shuster 1916–2002 · screenwriter
  • Bud Shuster
    Bud Shuster 1932–2023 · politician
  • Will Shuster 1893–1969 · teacher

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 Shuster,
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 States600 records

600 records of the Shuster name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 180
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 172
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 131
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 62
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 35
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 19
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Darryl Wayne Shuster

    Born 1942; from Hayward, California. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. Buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Harvey I. Shuster

    Born 1924 in Massachusetts. Enlisted 1943 at Boston; sales clerk from Bristol County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Plainville Cemetery, New Bedford, Massachusetts.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Elisabeth Shuster

    Arrived at New Orleans in 1847 aboard the Middlesex from Havre, aged 22; farmer. From Bavaria, Germany.

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

Showing 3 of 600 records for Shuster in the United States.

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

Canada8 records

8 records of the Shuster name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 3
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 1
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Michaelina Shuster

    Buried in 1992 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 86.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Abraham A. Shuster

    Married 1876 in Cumberland, 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 Joseph Edward Shuster

    Died in service in 1944.

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

Showing 3 of 8 records for Shuster 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. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia7 records

7 records of the Shuster name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 6
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Jack Shuster

    Metal cutter of Thornbury, Victoria; died 1958.

    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 Paul Shuster

    Arrived in Victoria in 1896 aboard the Bayern, aged 22.

    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 William Shuster

    Gentleman of East St Kilda, Victoria; died 1963.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Shuster 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).

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