# Perelman (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/perelman/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Yiddish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Yiddish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 649 |
| US rank (2010) | 34,801 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 475,725 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.6% (645 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Perlman.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Perelman in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Perelman in the United States and Poland.

## People named Perelman

- Chaïm Perelman, Belgian philosopher of law (1912-1984)
- Vadim Perelman, American film director
- S. J. Perelman, American humorist, author, and screenwriter (1904–1979)
- Ronald Perelman, American businessman and investor (born 1943)

## Similar surnames

Perlman, Pearlman, Perlmutter, Parlin.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.