How common is the surname Feldman?

23,356 people in the United States had the surname Feldman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,219 Americans. It ranked 1,540th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Feldman?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Feldman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Feldman?

Marty Feldman, British author, actor, comedian and director (1934–1982), followed by Corey Feldman.

Where is the surname Feldman most common?

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

Is the surname Feldman getting more or less common?

More common. 23,195 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,356 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Feldman

A German surname, carried by 23,356 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F435

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Feldman is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Feldmann.

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 23,356 people named Feldman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,219 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 23,195.

#1,540

rank among US surnames

23,356

people in 2010

7.9

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #1,401)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,531	Montalvo	23,454	13,164
#1,532	Zhou	23,437	13,173
#1,533	Prado	23,436	13,174
#1,534	Heard	23,408	13,190
#1,535	Lord	23,405	13,191
#1,536	Thao	23,404	13,192
#1,537	Connelly	23,398	13,195

Who is named Feldman

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

95% of people named Feldman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Feldmans

14 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Marty Feldman
British author, actor, comedian and director (1934–1982)
Corey Feldman
American actor and musician, born 1971
Morton Feldman
American composer (1926–1987)
Ben Feldman
American actor and producer, born 1980
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, born 1980
Mark Feldman
American violinist, born 1955
Donna Feldman
American model and actress (born 1982)
Scott Feldman
American professional baseball player, born 1983
Marcus W. Feldman
Australian-born American evolutionary biologist, born 1942

Notable Feldmans come mostly from the United States (12), the United Kingdom (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Feldman

Feldman has the Soundex code F435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F435.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Feldman come from?: Borrowed from German Feldmann.
How common is the surname Feldman?: 23,356 people in the United States had the surname Feldman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,219 Americans. It ranked 1,540th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Feldman?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Feldman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Feldman?: Marty Feldman, British author, actor, comedian and director (1934–1982), followed by Corey Feldman.
Where is the surname Feldman most common?: Wikidata records people named Feldman in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
Is the surname Feldman getting more or less common?: More common. 23,195 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,356 in 2010, up 0.7%.