How common is the surname Edelman?

5,428 people in the United States had the surname Edelman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,880 Americans. It ranked 6,295th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Edelman?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Edelman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Edelman?

Gerald Edelman, American biologist (1929–2014), followed by Marek Edelman.

Where is the surname Edelman most common?

Wikidata records people named Edelman in the United States, Poland and Argentina.

How do you pronounce Edelman?

Edelman is /ˈɛdəlmən/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Edelman getting more or less common?

Less common. 5,442 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,428 in 2010, down 0.3%.

The surname Edelman

A German surname, carried by 5,428 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɛdəlmən/ 3 syllables Soundex E345

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Edelman is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Edelmann (“nobleman”). Doublet of Edelmann.

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 5,428 people named Edelman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,880 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 5,442.

#6,295

rank among US surnames

5,428

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

-0.3%

change since 2000 (was #5,817)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,288	Mader	5,434	56,817
#6,290	Plata	5,432	56,838
#6,291	Ridgway	5,429	56,870
#6,295	Edelman	5,428	56,880
#6,296	Eggert	5,427	56,891
#6,297	Hagerman	5,426	56,901

Who is named Edelman

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

94% of people named Edelman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Edelmans

13 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gerald Edelman
American biologist (1929–2014)
Marek Edelman
(1919–2009) Jewish resistance member
Marian Wright Edelman
American activist for children's rights (born 1939)
Randy Edelman
American musician, producer, and composer for film and television (born 1947)
Julian Edelman
American football player (born 1986)
Herb Edelman
American actor (1933-1996)
Daniel Edelman
American soccer player, born 2003
Fanny Edelman
Argentine politician, 1911–2011
Gregg Edelman
American actor, born 1958
Ezra Edelman
American television presenter, born 1974
Eric S. Edelman
American diplomat, born 1951
Murray Edelman
American political scientist (1919–2001)

Notable Edelmans come mostly from the United States (11), Poland (1) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Edelman

Edelman has the Soundex code E345, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E345.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Edelman come from?: Borrowed from German Edelmann (“nobleman”). Doublet of Edelmann.
How common is the surname Edelman?: 5,428 people in the United States had the surname Edelman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,880 Americans. It ranked 6,295th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Edelman?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Edelman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Edelman?: Gerald Edelman, American biologist (1929–2014), followed by Marek Edelman.
Where is the surname Edelman most common?: Wikidata records people named Edelman in the United States, Poland and Argentina.
How do you pronounce Edelman?: Edelman is /ˈɛdəlmən/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Edelman getting more or less common?: Less common. 5,442 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,428 in 2010, down 0.3%.