How common is the surname Lieberman?

8,302 people in the United States had the surname Lieberman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,189 Americans. It ranked 4,282nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lieberman?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Lieberman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lieberman?

Joe Lieberman, American politician (1942–2024), followed by Nancy Lieberman.

Where is the surname Lieberman most common?

Wikidata records people named Lieberman in the United States and Austria.

Is the surname Lieberman getting more or less common?

Less common. 8,363 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,302 in 2010, down 0.7%.

The surname Lieberman

A surname, carried by 8,302 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L165

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lieberman is more common than 97.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,302 people named Lieberman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,189 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,363.

#4,282

rank among US surnames

8,302

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

-0.7%

change since 2000 (was #3,905)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,273	Orosco	8,313	37,140
#4,274	Fuqua	8,312	37,145
#4,276	Heinz	8,311	37,149
#4,278	Griffis	8,309	37,158
#4,279	Battaglia	8,308	37,162
#4,280	Ballinger	8,306	37,171
#4,281	Vanmeter	8,305	37,176

Who is named Lieberman

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

96% of people named Lieberman identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Liebermans

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joe Lieberman
American politician (1942–2024)
Nancy Lieberman
American basketball player (born 1958)
Lori Lieberman
American musician, born 1951
Saul Lieberman
American rabbi, 1898–1983
Robert Lieberman
American film director (1947–2023)
Daniel E. Lieberman
American paleoanthropologist, born 1964
Herman Lieberman
Austrian politician (1870–1941)

Notable Liebermans come mostly from the United States (6) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lieberman

Lieberman has the Soundex code L165, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L165.

Questions

How common is the surname Lieberman?: 8,302 people in the United States had the surname Lieberman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,189 Americans. It ranked 4,282nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lieberman?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Lieberman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lieberman?: Joe Lieberman, American politician (1942–2024), followed by Nancy Lieberman.
Where is the surname Lieberman most common?: Wikidata records people named Lieberman in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Lieberman getting more or less common?: Less common. 8,363 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,302 in 2010, down 0.7%.