How common is the surname Kauffman?

22,353 people in the United States had the surname Kauffman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,812 Americans. It ranked 1,606th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kauffman?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kauffman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kauffman?

Marta Kauffman, American TV producer, followed by Stuart Kauffman.

Where is the surname Kauffman most common?

Wikidata records people named Kauffman in the United States.

Is the surname Kauffman getting more or less common?

More common. 20,576 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,353 in 2010, up 8.6%.

The surname Kauffman

A German occupational surname, carried by 22,353 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K155

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kauffman is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

German origin

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

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

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 22,353 people named Kauffman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,812 Americans. That is up 8.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 20,576.

#1,606

rank among US surnames

22,353

people in 2010

7.6

per 100,000 Americans

+8.6%

change since 2000 (was #1,602)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,597	Milligan	22,416	13,773
#1,598	Ames	22,385	13,793
#1,599	Purcell	22,383	13,794
#1,600	Ludwig	22,380	13,796
#1,601	Souza	22,373	13,800
#1,602	Huggins	22,371	13,801
#1,603	Amador	22,370	13,802

Who is named Kauffman

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

96% of people named Kauffman identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kauffmans

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Marta Kauffman
American TV producer, born 1956
Stuart Kauffman
American biophysicist, born 1939
Bob Kauffman
American basketball player and coach (1946–2015)
Louis Kauffman
American mathematician, born 1945
George Kauffman
American chemist, 1930–2020
Calvin Henry Kauffman
American botanist and mycologist (1869–1931)
Cynthia Kauffman
American figure skater, born 1948
Ronald Kauffman
American figure skater, born 1946
Andrew John Kauffman
American mountaineer, 1920–2002

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kauffman

Kauffman has the Soundex code K155, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K155.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kauffman come from?: Anglicised from German Kauffmann, an occupational surname referring to a merchant.
How common is the surname Kauffman?: 22,353 people in the United States had the surname Kauffman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,812 Americans. It ranked 1,606th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kauffman?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kauffman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kauffman?: Marta Kauffman, American TV producer, followed by Stuart Kauffman.
Where is the surname Kauffman most common?: Wikidata records people named Kauffman in the United States.
What type of surname is Kauffman?: Kauffman is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Kauffman getting more or less common?: More common. 20,576 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,353 in 2010, up 8.6%.