How common is the surname Blumberg?

3,185 people in the United States had the surname Blumberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,937 Americans. It ranked 10,119th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Blumberg?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Blumberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Blumberg?

Baruch Samuel Blumberg, American physician, geneticist and Nobel prize winner (1925–2011), followed by Stuart Blumberg.

Where is the surname Blumberg most common?

Wikidata records people named Blumberg in the United States.

Is the surname Blumberg getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,273 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,185 in 2010, down 2.7%.

The surname Blumberg

A surname, carried by 3,185 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B451

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blumberg is more common than 93.8% of them.

Origin

Reduced variant of Blumenberg.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,185 people named Blumberg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,937 Americans. That is down 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,273.

#10,119

rank among US surnames

3,185

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-2.7%

change since 2000 (was #9,163)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,114	Burman	3,186	96,907
#10,119	Hilt	3,185	96,937
#10,122	Ludwick	3,184	96,968
#10,125	Bodden	3,183	96,998

Who is named Blumberg

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

93% of people named Blumberg identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Two or more races 0.6%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Blumbergs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Baruch Samuel Blumberg
American physician, geneticist and Nobel prize winner (1925–2011)
Stuart Blumberg
American director and screenwriter, born 1969

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Blumberg

Blumberg has the Soundex code B451, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B451.

Questions

Where does the surname Blumberg come from?: Reduced variant of Blumenberg.
How common is the surname Blumberg?: 3,185 people in the United States had the surname Blumberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,937 Americans. It ranked 10,119th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Blumberg?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Blumberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Blumberg?: Baruch Samuel Blumberg, American physician, geneticist and Nobel prize winner (1925–2011), followed by Stuart Blumberg.
Where is the surname Blumberg most common?: Wikidata records people named Blumberg in the United States.
Is the surname Blumberg getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,273 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,185 in 2010, down 2.7%.