How common is the surname Blumenthal?

3,673 people in the United States had the surname Blumenthal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,058 Americans. It ranked 8,914th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Blumenthal?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Blumenthal identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Blumenthal?

Max Blumenthal, American journalist, author, blogger, and filmmaker (born 1977), followed by Herman A. Blumenthal.

Where is the surname Blumenthal most common?

Wikidata records people named Blumenthal in the United States.

How do you pronounce Blumenthal?

Blumenthal is /ˈbluːməntɑːl/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Blumenthal getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,834 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,673 in 2010, down 4.2%.

The surname Blumenthal

A German surname, carried by 3,673 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbluːməntɑːl/ 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). Blumenthal is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Blumenthal (“flower valley”).

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 3,673 people named Blumenthal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,058 Americans. That is down 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,834.

#8,914

rank among US surnames

3,673

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

-4.2%

change since 2000 (was #7,996)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,907	Marine	3,676	83,990
#8,909	Stapp	3,675	84,012
#8,911	Claus	3,674	84,035
#8,914	Sloane	3,673	84,058
#8,916	Scheller	3,672	84,081
#8,917	Freer	3,671	84,104

Who is named Blumenthal

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

95% of people named Blumenthal identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Blumenthals

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Max Blumenthal
American journalist, author, blogger, and filmmaker (born 1977)
Herman A. Blumenthal
American art director and production designer (1916-1986)
Sidney Blumenthal
American political writer (born 1948)
Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal
American guitarist, born 1969
Peggy Fears
American actress (1903-1994)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Blumenthal

Blumenfeld

Blumenthal 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 Blumenthal come from?: Borrowed from German Blumenthal (“flower valley”).
How common is the surname Blumenthal?: 3,673 people in the United States had the surname Blumenthal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,058 Americans. It ranked 8,914th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Blumenthal?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Blumenthal identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Blumenthal?: Max Blumenthal, American journalist, author, blogger, and filmmaker (born 1977), followed by Herman A. Blumenthal.
Where is the surname Blumenthal most common?: Wikidata records people named Blumenthal in the United States.
How do you pronounce Blumenthal?: Blumenthal is /ˈbluːməntɑːl/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Blumenthal getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,834 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,673 in 2010, down 4.2%.