How common is the surname Erdmann?

4,085 people in the United States had the surname Erdmann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,580 Americans. It ranked 8,119th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Erdmann?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Erdmann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Erdmann getting more or less common?

More common. 4,005 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,085 in 2010, up 2.0%.

Is Erdmann also a first name?

Yes. Erdmann is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Erdmann

A surname, carried by 4,085 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex E635

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Erdmann is more common than 95% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,085 people named Erdmann in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,580 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,005.

#8,119

rank among US surnames

4,085

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #7,660)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,110	Dunson	4,088	75,525
#8,113	Deans	4,087	75,543
#8,114	Rosenblum	4,086	75,562
#8,119	Mastin	4,085	75,580
#8,121	Klassen	4,084	75,599
#8,124	Brodsky	4,083	75,617
#8,126	Gamache	4,082	75,636

Who is named Erdmann

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

94% of people named Erdmann identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Erdmann

Erdman

Erdmann has the Soundex code E635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E635.

Questions

How common is the surname Erdmann?: 4,085 people in the United States had the surname Erdmann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,580 Americans. It ranked 8,119th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Erdmann?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Erdmann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Erdmann getting more or less common?: More common. 4,005 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,085 in 2010, up 2.0%.
Is Erdmann also a first name?: Yes. Erdmann is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.