# Feldman (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/feldman/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German of German and Jewish origin.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 23,356 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,540 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 13,219 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.7% (23,195 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Feldmann.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Feldman in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Feldman in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

## People named Feldman

- Marty Feldman, British author, actor, comedian and director (1934–1982)
- Corey Feldman, American actor and musician
- Morton Feldman, American composer (1926–1987)
- Ben Feldman, American actor and producer
- Deborah Feldman, American-German writer, known for her 2012 autobiography "Unorthodox"
- Andrew Barth Feldman, American actor and singer (born 2002)
- Andrea Feldman, American actress (1948-1972)
- Tamara Feldman, American actress
- Mark Feldman, American violinist
- Donna Feldman, American model and actress (born 1982)
- Scott Feldman, American professional baseball player
- Marcus W. Feldman, Australian-born American evolutionary biologist

and 2 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Feldmann, Feltman, Felton, Felten, Fielden, Fulton, Fielding, Feltner, Folden, Flaten.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.