Where does the surname Friedlander come from?

Friedlander is German in origin.

How common is the surname Friedlander?

2,878 people in the United States had the surname Friedlander in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,278 Americans. It ranked 11,047th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Friedlander?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Friedlander identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Friedlander?

Judah Friedlander, American actor and comedian, followed by Lee Friedlander.

Where is the surname Friedlander most common?

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

Is the surname Friedlander getting more or less common?

More common. 2,865 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,878 in 2010, up 0.5%.

The surname Friedlander

A German surname, carried by 2,878 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex F634

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Friedlander is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

German origin

A surname from German.

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 2,878 people named Friedlander in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 107,278 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,865.

#11,047

rank among US surnames

2,878

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #10,307)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,040	Bruder	2,880	107,203
#11,044	Rickett	2,879	107,241
#11,047	Branum	2,878	107,278
#11,051	Dabrowski	2,877	107,315
#11,054	Béres	2,876	107,352

Who is named Friedlander

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

94% of people named Friedlander identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Friedlanders

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Judah Friedlander
American actor and comedian, born 1969
Lee Friedlander
American photographer (born 1934)
Erik Friedlander
American musician, born 1960
Camilla Friedländer
Austrian painter (1856−1928)
Liz Friedlander
American director, born 1970
Susan Friedlander
American mathematician, born 1946
Friedrich Friedländer
Austrian painter (1825-1901)

Notable Friedlanders come mostly from the United States (5), Austria (1) and Cisleithania (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Friedlander

Friedlander has the Soundex code F634, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F634.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Friedlander come from?: Friedlander is German in origin.
How common is the surname Friedlander?: 2,878 people in the United States had the surname Friedlander in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,278 Americans. It ranked 11,047th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Friedlander?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Friedlander identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Friedlander?: Judah Friedlander, American actor and comedian, followed by Lee Friedlander.
Where is the surname Friedlander most common?: Wikidata records people named Friedlander in the United States, Austria and Cisleithania.
Is the surname Friedlander getting more or less common?: More common. 2,865 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,878 in 2010, up 0.5%.