How common is the surname Waxman?

2,078 people in the United States had the surname Waxman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,578 Americans. It ranked 14,382nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Waxman?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Waxman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Waxman?

Henry Waxman, American politician.

Where is the surname Waxman most common?

Wikidata records people named Waxman in the United States.

Is the surname Waxman getting more or less common?

More common. 1,883 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,078 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Waxman

A German occupational surname, carried by 2,078 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W255

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Waxman is more common than 91.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

English occupational surname for a seller of wax, from wax + man. Also Americanized from German and Jewish surname Wachsmann, of the same meaning.

Waxman is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

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 2,078 people named Waxman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 148,578 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,883.

#14,382

rank among US surnames

2,078

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+10.4%

change since 2000 (was #14,514)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,374	Sclafani	2,080	148,435
#14,378	Litwin	2,079	148,507
#14,382	Fails	2,078	148,578

Who is named Waxman

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

96% of people named Waxman identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Waxmans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Henry Waxman
American politician, born 1939

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Waxman

Waxman has the Soundex code W255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W255.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Waxman come from?: English occupational surname for a seller of wax, from wax + man. Also Americanized from German and Jewish surname Wachsmann, of the same meaning.
How common is the surname Waxman?: 2,078 people in the United States had the surname Waxman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,578 Americans. It ranked 14,382nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Waxman?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Waxman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Waxman?: Henry Waxman, American politician.
Where is the surname Waxman most common?: Wikidata records people named Waxman in the United States.
What type of surname is Waxman?: Waxman is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Waxman getting more or less common?: More common. 1,883 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,078 in 2010, up 10%.