How common is the surname Appelbaum?

1,277 people in the United States had the surname Appelbaum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,774 Americans. It ranked 20,709th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Appelbaum?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Appelbaum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Appelbaum?

Jacob Appelbaum, American computer security researcher (born 1983), followed by Josh Appelbaum.

Where is the surname Appelbaum most common?

Wikidata records people named Appelbaum in the United States.

Is the surname Appelbaum getting more or less common?

More common. 1,219 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,277 in 2010, up 4.8%.

The surname Appelbaum

A surname, carried by 1,277 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A141

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Appelbaum is more common than 87.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,277 people named Appelbaum in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 241,774 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,219.

#20,709

rank among US surnames

1,277

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #20,298)

Who is named Appelbaum

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

97% of people named Appelbaum identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
Two or more races 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Appelbaums

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jacob Appelbaum
American computer security researcher (born 1983)
Josh Appelbaum
American TV writer/producer, born 1950

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Appelbaum

Appelbaum has the Soundex code A141, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A141.

Questions

How common is the surname Appelbaum?: 1,277 people in the United States had the surname Appelbaum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,774 Americans. It ranked 20,709th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Appelbaum?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Appelbaum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Appelbaum?: Jacob Appelbaum, American computer security researcher (born 1983), followed by Josh Appelbaum.
Where is the surname Appelbaum most common?: Wikidata records people named Appelbaum in the United States.
Is the surname Appelbaum getting more or less common?: More common. 1,219 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,277 in 2010, up 4.8%.