Shoemaker is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Shoemaker
No. of characters: 9
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

Shoemaker is a variant of the Schumacher. Shoemaker.

One who made shoes.

Family name Shoemaker is the variation of Schuch. Dweller at the sign of the shoe; one who sold shoes.

Surname is the variant of Schumacker. One who made shoes.

The variation of Shuman. One who made and sold shoes, a shoemaker.

Surname Shoemaker is derivation of Shoe. Probably an ancient Anglo-Saxon name, whence the designations of the places called Shoobrooke, Shoby, Shoebury, etc.

How popular is Shoemaker?

Shoemaker is common in United States, Canada.

Shoemaker is ranked 13020 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Shoemaker bearers increased by 0.58 per cent in 2010 US census to 30934 since 2000, the surname slipped by 93 spots and ranked at 1133. The last name was found in around 1 per ten thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.56 94.82
Black 2.17 2.02
Hispanic or Latino 1.9 1.17
Others 1.39 1.09
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.52 0.39
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.46 0.51
Shoemaker is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 43112 people have been found who wears Shoemaker as their family name. Shoemaker is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Shoemaker:
1,050 United States41,698
Countries with thousands of Shoemaker:
4,427 Canada1,068
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
95,055 Philippines83
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
44,139 Australia43
58,667 England43
68,622 Iran41
205,224 Germany14
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
426,148 Thailand10
46,388 Japan9
58,198 Switzerland9
34,598 New Zealand8
8,933 China8
50,495 Mexico7
9,437 Panama7

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Henry Shoemaker was 33 years old when he migrated to USA on May 19, 1853. He lived in Germany where he worked as shoemaker and took Margaret Evans from London. Carl Shoemaker, aged 15, Charlotte Shoemaker (42), Gotte Shoemaker (49) Farmer, Jetty Shoemaker (6) Daughter, Johann Shoemaker, 11 years old Wilhelm Shoemaker, 19 years old Catharine Shoemaker, Jacob Shoemaker (16) Servant, and 11 other Shoemaker around 36.36% of whom were farmer migrated to US.

Shoemaker Namesakes

  • Nelson Shoemaker, (February 17, 1911
  • Henry W. Shoemaker, prominent American folklorist, historian, diplomat
  • Benjamin Shoemaker, colonial Pennsylvania Quaker, merchant
  • Lazarus Denison Shoemaker, Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • Francis Shoemaker, Representative from Minnesota
  • Sam Shoemaker, priest of the Episcopal Church
  • Eugene Merle Shoemaker, American geologist and one of the founders of the field of planetary science
  • Carolyn S. Shoemaker, co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9
  • Sydney Shoemaker, American philosopher
  • Bill Shoemaker, American jockey
  • Myrl Shoemaker, American politician of the Democratic party
  • Mike Shoemaker, American politician of the Democratic party
  • Ann Shoemaker, American actress
  • Trina Shoemaker, mixer, record producer and sound engineer responsible for producing/engineering and/or mixing records for bands such as Queens of the Stone Age, Sheryl Crow
  • Robert M. Shoemaker, U.S. Army general and former commander of the United States Army Forces Command
  • John Shoemaker, former minor league baseball player
  • Jarrod Shoemaker, professional triathlete based in Maynard

Shoemaker Namesakes

  • Nelson Shoemaker, (February 17, 1911
  • Henry W. Shoemaker, prominent American folklorist, historian, diplomat
  • Benjamin Shoemaker, colonial Pennsylvania Quaker, merchant
  • Lazarus Denison Shoemaker, Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • Francis Shoemaker, Representative from Minnesota
  • Sam Shoemaker, priest of the Episcopal Church
  • Eugene Merle Shoemaker, American geologist and one of the founders of the field of planetary science
  • Carolyn S. Shoemaker, co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9
  • Sydney Shoemaker, American philosopher
  • Bill Shoemaker, American jockey
  • Myrl Shoemaker, American politician of the Democratic party
  • Mike Shoemaker, American politician of the Democratic party
  • Ann Shoemaker, American actress
  • Trina Shoemaker, mixer, record producer and sound engineer responsible for producing/engineering and/or mixing records for bands such as Queens of the Stone Age, Sheryl Crow
  • Robert M. Shoemaker, U.S. Army general and former commander of the United States Army Forces Command
  • John Shoemaker, former minor league baseball player
  • Jarrod Shoemaker, professional triathlete based in Maynard

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