How common is the surname Pressman?

1,684 people in the United States had the surname Pressman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 183,341 Americans. It ranked 16,909th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pressman?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Pressman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Pressman?

Sally Pressman, American actress, followed by Lawrence Pressman.

Where is the surname Pressman most common?

Wikidata records people named Pressman in the United States.

Is the surname Pressman getting more or less common?

More common. 1,564 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,684 in 2010, up 7.7%.

The surname Pressman

A surname, carried by 1,684 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pressman is more common than 89.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,684 people named Pressman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 183,341 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,564.

#16,909

rank among US surnames

1,684

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+7.7%

change since 2000 (was #16,802)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,900	Hoar	1,685	183,232
#16,909	Gagner	1,684	183,341
#16,917	Dudgeon	1,683	183,450

Who is named Pressman

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

96% of people named Pressman identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pressmans

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sally Pressman
American actress, born 1981
Lawrence Pressman
American actor (born 1939)
Edward R. Pressman
American film producer (1943–2023)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pressman

Pressman has the Soundex code P625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P625.

Questions

How common is the surname Pressman?: 1,684 people in the United States had the surname Pressman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 183,341 Americans. It ranked 16,909th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pressman?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Pressman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Pressman?: Sally Pressman, American actress, followed by Lawrence Pressman.
Where is the surname Pressman most common?: Wikidata records people named Pressman in the United States.
Is the surname Pressman getting more or less common?: More common. 1,564 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,684 in 2010, up 7.7%.