How common is the surname Gelfand?

1,410 people in the United States had the surname Gelfand in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 218,968 Americans. It ranked 19,234th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gelfand?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Gelfand identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gelfand?

Boris Gelfand, Belarusian-Israeli chess player, followed by Alan Gelfand.

Where is the surname Gelfand most common?

Wikidata records people named Gelfand in the Soviet Union and the United States.

Is the surname Gelfand getting more or less common?

More common. 1,361 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,410 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Gelfand

A Yiddish surname, carried by 1,410 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G415

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gelfand is more common than 88.1% of them.

Origin

Yiddish origin

Variant of Helfand.

One of 31 Yiddish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,410 people named Gelfand in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 218,968 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,361.

#19,234

rank among US surnames

1,410

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #18,656)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,229	Beehler	1,411	218,813
#19,234	Selle	1,410	218,968
#19,242	Stuhr	1,409	219,124

Who is named Gelfand

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

97% of people named Gelfand identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gelfands

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Boris Gelfand
Belarusian-Israeli chess player, born 1968
Alan Gelfand
American skateboarder, born 1963

Notable Gelfands come mostly from the Soviet Union (1) and the United States (1).

Other Yiddish surnames

All 31 Yiddish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gelfand come from?: Variant of Helfand.
How common is the surname Gelfand?: 1,410 people in the United States had the surname Gelfand in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 218,968 Americans. It ranked 19,234th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gelfand?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Gelfand identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gelfand?: Boris Gelfand, Belarusian-Israeli chess player, followed by Alan Gelfand.
Where is the surname Gelfand most common?: Wikidata records people named Gelfand in the Soviet Union and the United States.
Is the surname Gelfand getting more or less common?: More common. 1,361 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,410 in 2010, up 3.6%.