# Friedlander (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/friedlander/  
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.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,878 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,047 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 107,278 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.5% (2,865 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Friedlander 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Friedlander in the United States, Austria and Cisleithania.

## People named Friedlander

- Judah Friedlander, American actor and comedian
- Lee Friedlander, American photographer (born 1934)
- Erik Friedlander, American musician
- Camilla Friedländer, Austrian painter (1856−1928)
- Liz Friedlander, American director
- Susan Friedlander, American mathematician
- Friedrich Friedländer, Austrian painter (1825-1901)

## Similar surnames

Friedel, Fridley, Friedland, Friedl, Friddle, Fredlund, Fretwell, Fredell.

## 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.