# Zuckerman (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/zuckerman/  
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 German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,731 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,789 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 82,751 people |
| Change since 2000 | 0.0% (3,730 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Zuckermann |

## Etymology

From German Zuckermann Literally, “sugar man” (i.e. confectioner).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Zuckerman 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) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Zuckerman in the United States and the Soviet Union.

## People named Zuckerman

- Josh Zuckerman, American actor
- Ethan Zuckerman, American media scholar, blogger, and Internet activist
- Mortimer Zuckerman, American businessman
- Jeremy Zuckerman, American composer
- Gregg Zuckerman, American mathematician
- David Zuckerman, American television producer and writer (born 1962)
- Buck Henry, American actor (1930–2020)
- Slava Tsukerman, American film director

## 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.