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    The surname Neumann

    A German surname, carried by 17,484 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N550

    Neumann: #2,067 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Neumann #2,067, 17,484 people Neumann: #2,067 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Neumann #2,067, 17,484 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Neumann is more common than 98.7% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    A surname from German.

    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 17,484 people named Neumann in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,659 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,697.

    #2,067
    rank among US surnames
    17,484
    people in 2010
    5.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.7%
    change since 2000 (was #1,992)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,058Champion17,52717,615
    #2,059Whittington17,51717,625
    #2,060Aldrich17,50917,634
    #2,061Heredia17,50617,637
    #2,062Denny17,50317,640
    #2,063Waldron17,50117,642
    #2,065Oakes17,49917,644

    Who is named Neumann

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

    95% of people named Neumann identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Neumanns

    12 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Paul Neumann
      Austrian Swimmer (1875-1932)
    • Kurt Neumann
      American film director (1908–1958)
    • Johnny Neumann
      American basketball player-coach, 1951–2019
    • Johann Philipp Neumann
      Austrian physicist, librarian and poet (1774-1849)
    • Angelo Neumann
      Austrian theatre director, opera singer and impresario (1838–1910)
    • Robert Neumann
      Austrian writer (1897-1975)
    • Wilhelm Neumann
      Baltic German art historian, architect and university teacher (1849-1919)
    • Mark Neumann
      American politician, born 1954
    • Nicole Neumann
      Argentine model, born 1980
    • Alfred Neumann
      Architect (1900-1968)
    • Horacio Neumann
      Argentinian association football player (1946-2008)
    • Franz Neumann
      Austrian architect and politician (1844–1905)

    Notable Neumanns come mostly from the United States (4), Austria (2) and Argentina (2).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Neumann

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

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Neumann come from?
    Neumann is German in origin.
    How common is the surname Neumann?
    17,484 people in the United States had the surname Neumann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,659 Americans. It ranked 2,067th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Neumann?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Neumann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Neumann?
    Paul Neumann, Austrian Swimmer (1875-1932), followed by Kurt Neumann.
    Where is the surname Neumann most common?
    Wikidata records people named Neumann in the United States, Austria and Argentina and 3 other countries.
    Is the surname Neumann getting more or less common?
    More common. 16,697 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,484 in 2010, up 4.7%.