How common is the surname Applebaum?

1,698 people in the United States had the surname Applebaum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,829 Americans. It ranked 16,809th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Applebaum?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Applebaum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Applebaum?

Anne Applebaum, American journalist and historian (born 1964).

Where is the surname Applebaum most common?

Wikidata records people named Applebaum in the United States.

Is the surname Applebaum getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,785 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,698 in 2010, down 4.9%.

The surname Applebaum

A surname, carried by 1,698 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). Applebaum is more common than 89.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,698 people named Applebaum in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 181,829 Americans. That is down 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,785.

#16,809

rank among US surnames

1,698

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-4.9%

change since 2000 (was #15,154)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,802	Legler	1,699	181,722
#16,809	Porcaro	1,698	181,829

Who is named Applebaum

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

96% of people named Applebaum identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Applebaums

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Anne Applebaum
American journalist and historian (born 1964)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Applebaum

Applebaum 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 Applebaum?: 1,698 people in the United States had the surname Applebaum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,829 Americans. It ranked 16,809th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Applebaum?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Applebaum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Applebaum?: Anne Applebaum, American journalist and historian (born 1964).
Where is the surname Applebaum most common?: Wikidata records people named Applebaum in the United States.
Is the surname Applebaum getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,785 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,698 in 2010, down 4.9%.