How common is the surname Teitelbaum?

2,887 people in the United States had the surname Teitelbaum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,943 Americans. It ranked 11,016th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Teitelbaum?

In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Teitelbaum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Teitelbaum?

Ruth Teitelbaum, American computer programmer and mathematician, followed by Aaron Teitelbaum.

Where is the surname Teitelbaum most common?

Wikidata records people named Teitelbaum in the United States.

Is the surname Teitelbaum getting more or less common?

More common. 2,339 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,887 in 2010, up 23%.

The surname Teitelbaum

A Yiddish surname, carried by 2,887 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex T341

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Teitelbaum is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

Yiddish origin

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

One of 31 Yiddish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,887 people named Teitelbaum in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 106,943 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,339.

#11,016

rank among US surnames

2,887

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+23.4%

change since 2000 (was #12,213)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,007	Hipolito	2,890	106,832
#11,010	Guardiola	2,889	106,869
#11,013	Gatti	2,888	106,906
#11,016	Juneau	2,887	106,943
#11,021	Bourassa	2,886	106,980
#11,025	Milazzo	2,885	107,018

Who is named Teitelbaum

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

98% of people named Teitelbaum identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 98%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Teitelbaums

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ruth Teitelbaum
American computer programmer and mathematician, 1924–1986
Aaron Teitelbaum
American rabbi, born 1947

Other Yiddish surnames

All 31 Yiddish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Teitelbaum come from?: Borrowed from Yiddish טייטלבוים (teytlboym, “date palm”).
How common is the surname Teitelbaum?: 2,887 people in the United States had the surname Teitelbaum in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,943 Americans. It ranked 11,016th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Teitelbaum?: In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Teitelbaum identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Teitelbaum?: Ruth Teitelbaum, American computer programmer and mathematician, followed by Aaron Teitelbaum.
Where is the surname Teitelbaum most common?: Wikidata records people named Teitelbaum in the United States.
Is the surname Teitelbaum getting more or less common?: More common. 2,339 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,887 in 2010, up 23%.