# Teitelbaum (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/teitelbaum/  
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 Yiddish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Yiddish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,887 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,016 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 106,943 people |
| Change since 2000 | +23% (2,339 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish טייטלבוים (teytlboym, “date palm”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Teitelbaum 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) | 98% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Teitelbaum in the United States.

## People named Teitelbaum

- Ruth Teitelbaum, American computer programmer and mathematician
- Aaron Teitelbaum, American rabbi

## 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.