How common is the surname Perlmutter?

1,610 people in the United States had the surname Perlmutter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,767 Americans. It ranked 17,502nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Perlmutter?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Perlmutter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Perlmutter?

Saul Perlmutter, American astrophysicist and Nobel laureate.

Where is the surname Perlmutter most common?

Wikidata records people named Perlmutter in the United States.

Is the surname Perlmutter getting more or less common?

More common. 1,498 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,610 in 2010, up 7.5%.

The surname Perlmutter

A German surname, carried by 1,610 people in the United States.

3 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). Perlmutter is more common than 89.2% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Perlmutter, a Jewish Ashkenazi ornamental surname.

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 1,610 people named Perlmutter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 191,767 Americans. That is up 7.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,498.

#17,502

rank among US surnames

1,610

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+7.5%

change since 2000 (was #17,377)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,495	Cleek	1,611	191,648
#17,502	Iman	1,610	191,767

Who is named Perlmutter

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

96% of people named Perlmutter identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Perlmutters

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Saul Perlmutter
American astrophysicist and Nobel laureate, born 1959

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Perlmutter

Perlman

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Perlmutter come from?: Borrowed from German Perlmutter, a Jewish Ashkenazi ornamental surname.
How common is the surname Perlmutter?: 1,610 people in the United States had the surname Perlmutter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,767 Americans. It ranked 17,502nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Perlmutter?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Perlmutter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Perlmutter?: Saul Perlmutter, American astrophysicist and Nobel laureate.
Where is the surname Perlmutter most common?: Wikidata records people named Perlmutter in the United States.
Is the surname Perlmutter getting more or less common?: More common. 1,498 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,610 in 2010, up 7.5%.