How common is the surname Friedmann?

1,207 people in the United States had the surname Friedmann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 255,796 Americans. It ranked 21,609th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Friedmann?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Friedmann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Friedmann?

Herbert Friedmann, American ornithologist (1900-1987), followed by John Friedmann.

Where is the surname Friedmann most common?

Wikidata records people named Friedmann in the United States, Austria and Hungary.

Is the surname Friedmann getting more or less common?

More common. 1,123 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,207 in 2010, up 7.5%.

The surname Friedmann

A German surname, carried by 1,207 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F635

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Friedmann is more common than 86.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

From German Friedmann.

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 1,207 people named Friedmann in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 255,796 Americans. That is up 7.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,123.

#21,609

rank among US surnames

1,207

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+7.5%

change since 2000 (was #21,638)

Who is named Friedmann

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

95% of people named Friedmann identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Friedmanns

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Herbert Friedmann
American ornithologist (1900-1987)
John Friedmann
American city planner (1926-2017)
Robert Capa
American photographer (1913–1954)

Notable Friedmanns come mostly from the United States (1), Austria (1) and Hungary (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Friedmann

Friedmann has the Soundex code F635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F635.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Friedmann come from?: From German Friedmann.
How common is the surname Friedmann?: 1,207 people in the United States had the surname Friedmann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 255,796 Americans. It ranked 21,609th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Friedmann?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Friedmann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Friedmann?: Herbert Friedmann, American ornithologist (1900-1987), followed by John Friedmann.
Where is the surname Friedmann most common?: Wikidata records people named Friedmann in the United States, Austria and Hungary.
Is the surname Friedmann getting more or less common?: More common. 1,123 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,207 in 2010, up 7.5%.
What are other spellings of Friedmann?: Friedman and Freedman.