Adelman Surname

69,248th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,160 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Adelman Surname Definition:

(English, German) The servant of Adal or Edel (noble).

Adelman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,4841:55,9016,675
Canada3011:122,41112,833
England1521:366,56626,048
Poland541:703,86659,770
Australia401:674,89346,030
Sweden371:266,12918,422
Estonia151:88,12015,474
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
France41:16,605,680368,153
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Cuba21:5,761,35813,825
China21:683,660,78330,601
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1481:339,31526,182

Adelman (648) may also be a first name.

Adelman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English, German) The servant of Adal or Edel (noble).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(from the name of a wife) Adel is a variant form of Edel, as is Adele and Ethel, and all have the meaning “noble,” in German. Adelman means “husband of Adel.”

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Adelman Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Adelman Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Adelman (Russian: Адельман) is found most frequently in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Adelman click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Adelman? popularity and diffusion

The last name Adelman is the 69,248th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,017,814 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Adelman live; 89 percent live in North America and 89 percent live in Anglo-North America. Adelman is also the 326,442nd most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 648 people.

The surname Adelman is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 6,484 people, or 1 in 55,901. In The United States Adelman is most prevalent in: California, where 15 percent are found, New York, where 11 percent are found and Florida, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name exists in 36 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 4 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

Adelman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Adelman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Adelman surname rose 4,381 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 15,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Adelman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Adelman last name are 37.6% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 90.83% being registered with the party.

The amount Adelman earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 23.96% more than the national average, earning $53,489 USD per year and in Canada they earn 36.14% more than the national average, earning $67,637 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Adelman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Adelman in the Russian language
Адельманadelman-

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Adelman Reference & Research

Edelmann FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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