How common is the surname Lederman?

2,628 people in the United States had the surname Lederman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,483 Americans. It ranked 11,914th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lederman?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lederman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lederman?

Leon M. Lederman, American mathematician and physicist, followed by D. Ross Lederman.

Where is the surname Lederman most common?

Wikidata records people named Lederman in the United States.

Is the surname Lederman getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,673 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,628 in 2010, down 1.7%.

The surname Lederman

A surname, carried by 2,628 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L365

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lederman is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,628 people named Lederman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 117,483 Americans. That is down 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,673.

#11,914

rank among US surnames

2,628

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-1.7%

change since 2000 (was #10,923)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,907	Beauvais	2,629	117,438
#11,914	Cowgill	2,628	117,483
#11,919	Karsten	2,627	117,528

Who is named Lederman

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

95% of people named Lederman identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ledermans

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Leon M. Lederman
American mathematician and physicist, 1922–2018
D. Ross Lederman
American film and television director (1894-1972)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Lederman

Lutterman

Lederman has the Soundex code L365, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L365.

Questions

How common is the surname Lederman?: 2,628 people in the United States had the surname Lederman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,483 Americans. It ranked 11,914th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lederman?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lederman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lederman?: Leon M. Lederman, American mathematician and physicist, followed by D. Ross Lederman.
Where is the surname Lederman most common?: Wikidata records people named Lederman in the United States.
Is the surname Lederman getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,673 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,628 in 2010, down 1.7%.