# Alderman (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/alderman/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English surname originating as an occupation.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 10,119 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,528 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 30,511 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.0% (9,734 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Occupational surname for a member of the governing body of a city, from alderman.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Alderman in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Alderman in the United States.

## People named Alderman

- Fred Alderman, American sprinter (1905-1998)

## Similar surnames

Alderson, Alder, Alderete, Aldred, Alderfer, Aldridge, Aldrich, Alatorre, Alter, Altieri, Alldredge, Aldrete.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.