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    The surname Edman

    A Swedish surname, carried by 1,559 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex E355

    Edman: #17,927 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Edman #17,927, 1,559 people Edman: #17,927 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Edman #17,927, 1,559 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Edman is more common than 89% of them.

    Origin

    Swedish origin

    A surname from Swedish.

    One of 133 Swedish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,559 people named Edman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 198,041 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,506.

    #17,927
    rank among US surnames
    1,559
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.5%
    change since 2000 (was #17,304)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,921Pop1,560197,914
    #17,927Mayton1,559198,041

    Who is named Edman

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

    86% of people named Edman identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Edman

    Edman has the Soundex code E355, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E355.

    Other Swedish surnames

    All 133 Swedish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Edman come from?
    Edman is Swedish in origin.
    How common is the surname Edman?
    1,559 people in the United States had the surname Edman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 198,041 Americans. It ranked 17,927th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Edman?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Edman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Edman getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,506 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,559 in 2010, up 3.5%.