How common is the surname Fleeman?

2,036 people in the United States had the surname Fleeman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 151,643 Americans. It ranked 14,617th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Fleeman getting more or less common?

More common. 1,911 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,036 in 2010, up 6.5%.

The surname Fleeman

A surname, carried by 2,036 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F455

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fleeman is more common than 91% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,036 people named Fleeman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 151,643 Americans. That is up 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,911.

#14,617

rank among US surnames

2,036

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+6.5%

change since 2000 (was #14,363)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,612	Wimbush	2,037	151,569
#14,617	Maza	2,036	151,643
#14,624	McQuillen	2,035	151,718

Who is named Fleeman

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

93% of people named Fleeman identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fleeman

Fleeman has the Soundex code F455, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F455.

Questions

How common is the surname Fleeman?: 2,036 people in the United States had the surname Fleeman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 151,643 Americans. It ranked 14,617th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fleeman?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Fleeman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Fleeman getting more or less common?: More common. 1,911 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,036 in 2010, up 6.5%.