How common is the surname Kelman?

1,030 people in the United States had the surname Kelman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 299,753 Americans. It ranked 24,339th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kelman?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kelman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kelman?

Charles Kelman, American ophthalmologist.

Where is the surname Kelman most common?

Wikidata records people named Kelman in the United States.

Is the surname Kelman getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,073 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,030 in 2010, down 4.0%.

The surname Kelman

A place surname, carried by 1,030 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K455

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kelman is more common than 85% of them.

Origin

Scottish habitational surname from a place in Aberdeenshire.

Kelman is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,030 people named Kelman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 299,753 Americans. That is down 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,073.

#24,339

rank among US surnames

1,030

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-4%

change since 2000 (was #22,384)

Who is named Kelman

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

93% of people named Kelman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kelmans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles Kelman
American ophthalmologist, 1930–2004

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Kilman

Surnames that sound like Kelman

Kelman has the Soundex code K455, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K455.

Questions

Where does the surname Kelman come from?: Scottish habitational surname from a place in Aberdeenshire.
How common is the surname Kelman?: 1,030 people in the United States had the surname Kelman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 299,753 Americans. It ranked 24,339th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kelman?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kelman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kelman?: Charles Kelman, American ophthalmologist.
Where is the surname Kelman most common?: Wikidata records people named Kelman in the United States.
What type of surname is Kelman?: Kelman is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Kelman getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,073 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,030 in 2010, down 4.0%.
What are other spellings of Kelman?: Kilman.