# Seligman (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/seligman/  
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 German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,684 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,909 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 183,341 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.7% (1,656 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Seligmann.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Seligman 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) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Seligman in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Seligman

- Martin Seligman, American psychologist and writer
- Edgar Seligman, British artist and épée, foil, and sabre fencer (1867-1958)
- Joseph Seligman, American banker (1819-1880)
- Charles Gabriel Seligman, British ethnologist and physician (1873-1940)

## Similar surnames

Slocum, Schlesinger, Salzman, Slawson, Salsman, Salzmann.

## 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.