How common is the surname Seligman?

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

What ethnicity is the surname Seligman?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Seligman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Seligman?

Martin Seligman, American psychologist and writer, followed by Edgar Seligman.

Where is the surname Seligman most common?

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

Is the surname Seligman getting more or less common?

More common. 1,656 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,684 in 2010, up 1.7%.

The surname Seligman

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

3 syllables Soundex S425

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

Origin

German origin

Variant of Seligmann.

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 1,684 people named Seligman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 183,341 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,656.

#16,909

rank among US surnames

1,684

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #16,074)

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 Seligman

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

95% of people named Seligman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Two or more races 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 Seligmans

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Martin Seligman
American psychologist and writer, born 1942
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)

Notable Seligmans come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (2).

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Seligman come from?: Variant of Seligmann.
How common is the surname Seligman?: 1,684 people in the United States had the surname Seligman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 183,341 Americans. It ranked 16,909th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Seligman?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Seligman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Seligman?: Martin Seligman, American psychologist and writer, followed by Edgar Seligman.
Where is the surname Seligman most common?: Wikidata records people named Seligman in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Seligman getting more or less common?: More common. 1,656 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,684 in 2010, up 1.7%.