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shuma or szuma surname


iamsrae 1 | 2  
25 Mar 2009 /  #1
Looking for shuma or szuma surname and what village that this name is associated with.

Could this a Polish or Czech surname or something else?

Appreciate any help on this!
chi 1 | 33  
25 Mar 2009 /  #2
Google : Geograficzny podział nazwisk "Szuma" w Polsce>>Moikrewni.pl
Polonius3 994 | 12,367  
25 Mar 2009 /  #3
It could be a name used in different Slavonic cultures... In Polish the older word szuma was once used alternatively with szum to mean the monotonous, rustling sound of leaves in a forest. Somene might have acquired this nickname for topopnymic reasons by virtue of hailing from some such locality as Szumin, Szumieś, Szumiąca, Szumanie or Szumiłowo, roughly translatable as Rustleton, Rustleville, Rustlewood, etc.
Guest  
7 Apr 2009 /  #4
Thank you!
OP iamsrae 1 | 2  
7 Apr 2009 /  #5
Thank you very much!
Sasha 2 | 1,083  
7 Apr 2009 /  #6
To the best of my knowledge "shuma" is a "forest" in Serbian.
caprice49 4 | 224  
7 Aug 2009 /  #7
It could be SZURMA -
Polonius3 994 | 12,367  
10 Aug 2009 /  #8
SZURMA or SURMA = ancient shepherd's horn
OP iamsrae 1 | 2  
11 Aug 2009 /  #9
One more,

Is there much of a variance between Shuma or Shuman?
Polonius3 994 | 12,367  
14 Aug 2009 /  #10
Assuming some letter such as the 'n' did not get dropped over centuries of recopying, there is a huge difference. Shuman looks to be an Anglicisation of the German occupational surname Schumann (meaning shoemaker or shoe-seller; German also has Schuster and Schuhmacher).

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