How common is the surname Ullmann?

1,034 people in the United States had the surname Ullmann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 298,593 Americans. It ranked 24,260th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ullmann?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ullmann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ullmann?

Viktor Ullmann, Austrian composer deported to Terezin (1898–1944), followed by Maximilian Ullmann.

Where is the surname Ullmann most common?

Wikidata records people named Ullmann in Austria, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Is the surname Ullmann getting more or less common?

More common. 916 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,034 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Ullmann

A German surname, carried by 1,034 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex U455

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ullmann is more common than 85% of them.

Origin

German origin

From German, meaning "man from Ulm".

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 1,034 people named Ullmann in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 298,593 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 916.

#24,260

rank among US surnames

1,034

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+12.9%

change since 2000 (was #25,374)

Who is named Ullmann

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

95% of people named Ullmann identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ullmanns

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Viktor Ullmann
Austrian composer deported to Terezin (1898–1944)
Maximilian Ullmann
Austrian association football player, born 1996
Walter Ullmann
Anglo-Austrian historian, 1910–1983
Jeffrey David Ullman
American computer scientist (born 1942)

Notable Ullmanns come mostly from Austria (2), the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ullmann

Ullmann has the Soundex code U455, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code U455.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ullmann come from?: From German, meaning "man from Ulm".
How common is the surname Ullmann?: 1,034 people in the United States had the surname Ullmann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 298,593 Americans. It ranked 24,260th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ullmann?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Ullmann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ullmann?: Viktor Ullmann, Austrian composer deported to Terezin (1898–1944), followed by Maximilian Ullmann.
Where is the surname Ullmann most common?: Wikidata records people named Ullmann in Austria, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Is the surname Ullmann getting more or less common?: More common. 916 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,034 in 2010, up 13%.