Shuman Name Origin and Family Crest

Heraldry is personal. Arms recorded for a Shuman family belonged to that family, and other bearers of the name may have no link to them.

What Shuman means

The Shuman last name has German roots. In Elsdon Smith's reading, the name described “one who made and sold shoes, a shoemaker”.

It began as an occupational name, from the work an early bearer did. The name also appears as Shumaker and Shumacher. In the 2010 US Census, 9,043 Americans gave Shuman as their last name (rank 3,937). That puts it among the top 5,000 US surnames.

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