Nussbaumer: Surname History and Family Crest

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Nussbaum surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

Meaning of the name

The same name, two spellings: Nussbaumer and Nussbaum. Taken at its root, Nussbaumer points to “Walnut tree”.

Nussbaumer adds -er to the root of Nussbaum, a common way of forming related surnames. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. You may also find the name written Nusbaum. Nussbaumer ranked 44,423 in the 2010 US Census, with 484 people answering to the name. 722 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Nussbaumer name at birth. There were 25 such births in the 1890s and 67 in the 1990s.

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