How common is the surname Spielman?

3,228 people in the United States had the surname Spielman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,646 Americans. It ranked 9,991st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Spielman?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Spielman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Spielman?

Daniel Spielman, American computer scientist, followed by Dan Spielman.

Where is the surname Spielman most common?

Wikidata records people named Spielman in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Spielman getting more or less common?

More common. 3,160 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,228 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Spielman

A German surname, carried by 3,228 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S145

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spielman is more common than 93.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

A surname from German, an anglicized or alternative form of Spielmann.

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 3,228 people named Spielman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 95,646 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,160.

#9,991

rank among US surnames

3,228

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #9,436)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,983	Line	3,231	95,557
#9,987	Chavers	3,230	95,587
#9,989	Sonnenberg	3,229	95,616
#9,991	Leek	3,228	95,646
#9,994	Shoaf	3,227	95,676
#9,997	Sword	3,225	95,735
#9,998	Jaques	3,224	95,765

Who is named Spielman

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

95% of people named Spielman identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Spielmans

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Daniel Spielman
American computer scientist, born 1970
Dan Spielman
Australian actor, born 1979

Notable Spielmans come mostly from the United States (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Spielman

Spielman has the Soundex code S145, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S145.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Spielman come from?: Spielman is German in origin.
How common is the surname Spielman?: 3,228 people in the United States had the surname Spielman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,646 Americans. It ranked 9,991st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Spielman?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Spielman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Spielman?: Daniel Spielman, American computer scientist, followed by Dan Spielman.
Where is the surname Spielman most common?: Wikidata records people named Spielman in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Spielman getting more or less common?: More common. 3,160 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,228 in 2010, up 2.2%.