How common is the surname Pearlman?

3,009 people in the United States had the surname Pearlman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,607 Americans. It ranked 10,638th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pearlman?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Pearlman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Pearlman?

Lou Pearlman, American talent manager and fraudster (1954–2016), followed by Lindsey Pearlman.

Where is the surname Pearlman most common?

Wikidata records people named Pearlman in the United States.

Is the surname Pearlman getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,025 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,009 in 2010, down 0.5%.

The surname Pearlman

A surname, carried by 3,009 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P645

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pearlman is more common than 93.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,009 people named Pearlman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 102,607 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,025.

#10,638

rank among US surnames

3,009

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-0.5%

change since 2000 (was #9,856)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,631	Kula	3,012	102,505
#10,636	Schermerhorn	3,011	102,539
#10,638	Pearlman	3,009	102,607
#10,641	Toups	3,008	102,641
#10,644	Mattes	3,007	102,676
#10,645	Rosso	3,006	102,710
#10,647	Kan	3,005	102,744

Who is named Pearlman

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

95% of people named Pearlman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pearlmans

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lou Pearlman
American talent manager and fraudster (1954–2016)
Lindsey Pearlman
American actress (1978-2022)
Sandy Pearlman
American music producer (1943–2016)
Rhea Perlman
American actress, born 1948

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pearlman

Pearlman has the Soundex code P645, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P645.

Questions

How common is the surname Pearlman?: 3,009 people in the United States had the surname Pearlman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,607 Americans. It ranked 10,638th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pearlman?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Pearlman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Pearlman?: Lou Pearlman, American talent manager and fraudster (1954–2016), followed by Lindsey Pearlman.
Where is the surname Pearlman most common?: Wikidata records people named Pearlman in the United States.
Is the surname Pearlman getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,025 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,009 in 2010, down 0.5%.