Explore the Family Name Shumake

The meaning of Shumake

Altered form of German Schumach, a variant of Schumacher.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Shumake in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Shumake has slightly decreased over a decade. In 2000, the surname was ranked 17,919 in popularity with a count of 1,439 individuals bearing the name. By 2010, however, the rank fell to 19,027 and the count slightly dropped to 1,431, representing a change of -6.18% in ranking and -0.56% in count. Consequently, the proportion of the surname per 100k people also declined by 7.55% over the said period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#17,919	#19,027	-6.18%
Count	1,439	1,431	-0.56%
Proportion per 100k	0.53	0.49	-7.55%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Shumake

In terms of ethnic identity, the Shumake surname shows varied representation based on the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, majority of the individuals identified as White (75.26%), followed by Black (18.14%), American Indian and Alaskan Native (4.38%), and Hispanic (1.46%). There were no recorded individuals who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or belonging to two or more races. By 2010, there were slight changes in these percentages: White (74.28%), Black (19.15%), Hispanic (2.10%), Asian/Pacific Islander (0.70%), and Two or more races (0.98%). The percentage of American Indian and Alaskan Native dropped significantly to 2.80%. While the percentage of White, and American Indian and Alaskan Native identities decreased, there were increases observed in the other ethnic identities, most notably among the Hispanic and Black communities.

	2000	2010	Change
White	75.26%	74.28%	-1.3%
Black	18.14%	19.15%	5.57%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	4.38%	2.8%	-36.07%
Hispanic	1.46%	2.1%	43.84%
Two or More Races	0%	0.98%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.7%	0%