How common is the surname Karman?

608 people in the United States had the surname Karman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 507,805 Americans. It ranked 36,736th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Karman?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Karman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Karman?

Janice Karman, American actress.

Where is the surname Karman most common?

Wikidata records people named Karman in the United States.

Is the surname Karman getting more or less common?

Less common. 614 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 608 in 2010, down 1.0%.

The surname Karman

A Dutch occupational surname, carried by 608 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K655

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Karman is more common than 77.4% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

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.

Karman is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 608 people named Karman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 507,805 Americans. That is down 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 614.

#36,736

rank among US surnames

608

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-1%

change since 2000 (was #34,799)

Who is named Karman

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

91% of people named Karman identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.8%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Karmans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Janice Karman
American actress, born 1954

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Karman

Korman

Karman has the Soundex code K655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K655.

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Karman come from?: 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…
How common is the surname Karman?: 608 people in the United States had the surname Karman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 507,805 Americans. It ranked 36,736th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Karman?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Karman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Karman?: Janice Karman, American actress.
Where is the surname Karman most common?: Wikidata records people named Karman in the United States.
What type of surname is Karman?: Karman is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Karman getting more or less common?: Less common. 614 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 608 in 2010, down 1.0%.