# Karman (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/karman/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 608 |
| US rank (2010) | 36,736 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 507,805 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.0% (614 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Various origins: * Borrowed from Dutch Karman, an occupational surname for a carter. * A variant of German Karmann, which shares the same origin of the Dutch surname. * Borrowed from Hungarian Kármán, an ethnic name for the Turkish people of the Karaman Province. * A Jewish surname from Russian карман (karman, “pocket”), probably a metonymic occupational surname.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Karman 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) | 91% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Karman in the United States.

## People named Karman

- Janice Karman, American actress

## Similar surnames

Korman, Kiernan, Kernan, Kroening.

## 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.