How common is the surname Blumenfeld?

1,594 people in the United States had the surname Blumenfeld in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 193,692 Americans. It ranked 17,625th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Blumenfeld?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Blumenfeld identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Blumenfeld?

Alan Blumenfeld, American actor.

Where is the surname Blumenfeld most common?

Wikidata records people named Blumenfeld in the United States.

Is the surname Blumenfeld getting more or less common?

More common. 1,500 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,594 in 2010, up 6.3%.

The surname Blumenfeld

A German surname, carried by 1,594 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex B455

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Blumenfeld is more common than 89.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Blumenfeld, a Jewish Ashkenazi ornamental surname.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,594 people named Blumenfeld in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 193,692 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,500.

#17,625

rank among US surnames

1,594

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+6.3%

change since 2000 (was #17,363)

Who is named Blumenfeld

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

96% of people named Blumenfeld identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Blumenfelds

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alan Blumenfeld
American actor, born 1952

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Blumenfield

Surnames that sound like Blumenfeld

Blumenthal

Blumenfeld has the Soundex code B455, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B455.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Blumenfeld come from?: Borrowed from German Blumenfeld, a Jewish Ashkenazi ornamental surname.
How common is the surname Blumenfeld?: 1,594 people in the United States had the surname Blumenfeld in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 193,692 Americans. It ranked 17,625th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Blumenfeld?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Blumenfeld identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Blumenfeld?: Alan Blumenfeld, American actor.
Where is the surname Blumenfeld most common?: Wikidata records people named Blumenfeld in the United States.
Is the surname Blumenfeld getting more or less common?: More common. 1,500 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,594 in 2010, up 6.3%.
What are other spellings of Blumenfeld?: Blumenfield.