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    The surname Neuman

    A surname, carried by 8,982 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N550

    Neuman: #3,957 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Neuman #3,957, 8,982 people Neuman: #3,957 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Neuman #3,957, 8,982 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Neuman is more common than 97.6% of them.

    Origin

    From German Neuman.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,982 people named Neuman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,374 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,564.

    #3,957
    rank among US surnames
    8,982
    people in 2010
    3.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.9%
    change since 2000 (was #3,801)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,948Crutchfield9,01934,233
    #3,949Loza9,01134,263
    #3,950Sturgeon9,00734,278
    #3,951Kidwell9,00634,282
    #3,953Clarkson9,00434,290
    #3,954Mullis9,00334,294
    #3,955Beattie8,99334,332

    Who is named Neuman

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

    93% of people named Neuman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Neumans

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Andrés Neuman
      Argentine writer, born 1977

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Neuman

    Neuman has the Soundex code N550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N550.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Neuman come from?
    From German Neuman.
    How common is the surname Neuman?
    8,982 people in the United States had the surname Neuman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,374 Americans. It ranked 3,957th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Neuman?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Neuman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Neuman?
    Andrés Neuman, Argentine writer.
    Where is the surname Neuman most common?
    Wikidata records people named Neuman in Argentina.
    Is the surname Neuman getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,564 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,982 in 2010, up 4.9%.