How common is the surname Schiffman?

2,021 people in the United States had the surname Schiffman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 152,769 Americans. It ranked 14,706th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schiffman?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Schiffman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Schiffman getting more or less common?

More common. 1,987 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,021 in 2010, up 1.7%.

The surname Schiffman

A German surname, carried by 2,021 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S155

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schiffman is more common than 90.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

Variant of Schiffmann.

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 2,021 people named Schiffman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 152,769 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,987.

#14,706

rank among US surnames

2,021

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #13,925)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,704	Grout	2,022	152,693
#14,706	Westby	2,021	152,769
#14,712	Selig	2,020	152,844
#14,713	Aispuro	2,019	152,920

Who is named Schiffman

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

97% of people named Schiffman identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Two or more races 0.6%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Schiffman

Shipman

Schiffman has the Soundex code S155, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S155.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Schiffman come from?: Variant of Schiffmann.
How common is the surname Schiffman?: 2,021 people in the United States had the surname Schiffman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 152,769 Americans. It ranked 14,706th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schiffman?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Schiffman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Schiffman getting more or less common?: More common. 1,987 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,021 in 2010, up 1.7%.