# Kauffman (surname)

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

A surname from German of German and Ashkenazi Jewish origin.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 22,353 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,606 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 13,812 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.6% (20,576 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Anglicised from German Kauffmann, an occupational surname referring to a merchant.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kauffman 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kauffman in the United States.

## People named Kauffman

- Marta Kauffman, American TV producer
- Stuart Kauffman, American biophysicist
- Bob Kauffman, American basketball player and coach (1946–2015)
- Louis Kauffman, American mathematician
- George Kauffman, American chemist
- Calvin Henry Kauffman, American botanist and mycologist (1869–1931)
- Cynthia Kauffman, American figure skater
- Ronald Kauffman, American figure skater
- Andrew John Kauffman, American mountaineer

## Similar surnames

Kaufman, Kaufmann, Koopman, Koopmann.

## 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.