Schulman
A surname usually meaning “school man” or someone associated with a school, though it can also reflect a Jewish surname derived from German or Yiddish forms.
The #7,132 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 65,845 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Schulman is most likely built from German or Yiddish schul, meaning “school,” plus man, “man.” In that sense, it originally referred to someone connected with a school—such as a teacher, school servant, or a man living or working by a school. In some cases it may also reflect a Jewish surname adopted or adapted in German-speaking areas, where similar-looking forms were used to create or reshape family names.
History
The surname appears in both Ashkenazi Jewish and non-Jewish Germanic contexts, and it was carried into English-speaking countries by immigration from Central and Eastern Europe. In North America, spellings were often stabilized as Schulman, even when the family name had earlier local variants. Because surnames of this type could arise independently in more than one place, not every bearer of the name shares the same exact origin.
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Fun fact
The name is easy to misread as if it were related to a profession in a modern school, and in a way that instinct is not far off: its oldest sense really does point toward a school connection.