How common is the surname Zuckerman?

3,731 people in the United States had the surname Zuckerman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,751 Americans. It ranked 8,789th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Zuckerman?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Zuckerman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Zuckerman?

Josh Zuckerman, American actor, followed by Ethan Zuckerman.

Where is the surname Zuckerman most common?

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

Is the surname Zuckerman getting more or less common?

About as common. 3,730 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,731 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.

The surname Zuckerman

A German surname, carried by 3,731 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex Z265

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Zuckerman is more common than 94.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

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

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 3,731 people named Zuckerman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 82,751 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,730.

#8,789

rank among US surnames

3,731

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

change since 2000 (was #8,181)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,780	Wille	3,734	82,685
#8,784	Lorenzen	3,733	82,707
#8,787	Nyberg	3,732	82,729
#8,789	Florian	3,731	82,751
#8,791	Geraci	3,729	82,796
#8,793	Crotty	3,726	82,862
#8,797	Pavlik	3,725	82,885

Who is named Zuckerman

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

96% of people named Zuckerman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Two or more races 0.9%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Zuckermans

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Josh Zuckerman
American actor, born 1985
Ethan Zuckerman
American media scholar, blogger, and Internet activist, born 1973
Mortimer Zuckerman
American businessman, born 1937
Jeremy Zuckerman
American composer, born 2000
Gregg Zuckerman
American mathematician, born 1949
David Zuckerman
American television producer and writer (born 1962)
Buck Henry
American actor (1930–2020)
Slava Tsukerman
American film director, 1939–2026

Notable Zuckermans come mostly from the United States (7) and the Soviet Union (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Zuckermann

Zuckerman has the Soundex code Z265, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code Z265.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Zuckerman come from?: From German Zuckermann Literally, “sugar man” (i.e. confectioner).
How common is the surname Zuckerman?: 3,731 people in the United States had the surname Zuckerman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,751 Americans. It ranked 8,789th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Zuckerman?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Zuckerman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Zuckerman?: Josh Zuckerman, American actor, followed by Ethan Zuckerman.
Where is the surname Zuckerman most common?: Wikidata records people named Zuckerman in the United States and the Soviet Union.
Is the surname Zuckerman getting more or less common?: About as common. 3,730 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,731 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.
What are other spellings of Zuckerman?: Zuckermann.