How common is the surname Perlman?

3,653 people in the United States had the surname Perlman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,518 Americans. It ranked 8,962nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Perlman?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Perlman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Perlman?

Ron Perlman, American actor (born 1950), followed by Radia Perlman.

Where is the surname Perlman most common?

Wikidata records people named Perlman in the United States.

Is the surname Perlman getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,669 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,653 in 2010, down 0.4%.

The surname Perlman

A surname, carried by 3,653 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). Perlman is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,653 people named Perlman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,518 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,669.

#8,962

rank among US surnames

3,653

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

-0.4%

change since 2000 (was #8,302)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,954	Lavalley	3,656	84,449
#8,956	Cauthen	3,655	84,472
#8,959	Mendonca	3,654	84,495
#8,962	Perlman	3,653	84,518
#8,964	Lafontaine	3,652	84,541
#8,965	Colgan	3,651	84,565
#8,967	Braddy	3,650	84,588

Who is named Perlman

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

96% of people named Perlman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Perlmans

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ron Perlman
American actor (born 1950)
Radia Perlman
American software designer and network engineer (born 1951)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Perelman

Surnames that sound like Perlman

Perlman 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 Perlman?: 3,653 people in the United States had the surname Perlman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,518 Americans. It ranked 8,962nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Perlman?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Perlman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Perlman?: Ron Perlman, American actor (born 1950), followed by Radia Perlman.
Where is the surname Perlman most common?: Wikidata records people named Perlman in the United States.
Is the surname Perlman getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,669 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,653 in 2010, down 0.4%.
What are other spellings of Perlman?: Perelman.