Feldman Surname

9,325th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 60,740 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Feldman Surname Definition:

(German) Field-Man [Old High German feld + man(n)].

Feldman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States39,3551:9,2101,108
Israel8,5841:99758
Russia1,8391:78,3709,969
Canada1,7321:21,2732,926
Argentina1,5951:26,7982,240
England9751:57,1476,889
Ukraine9081:50,1357,263
South Africa8781:61,7067,786
Australia8761:30,8174,106
Poland4831:78,69312,282
Brazil4461:479,98718,149
France4291:154,83224,024
Germany3051:263,95228,196
Estonia2111:6,264723
Netherlands1541:109,65717,576
Latvia1161:17,6732,628
Kazakhstan1121:157,87915,632
Mexico1081:1,149,31714,171
Chile1071:164,6405,476
Thailand981:720,799118,830
Zimbabwe971:159,15719,937
Belarus871:109,20816,337
Honduras821:107,5181,746
Romania731:275,03925,390
Japan711:1,800,62426,471
Lithuania621:48,9457,885
Belgium551:209,03027,072
Dominican Republic541:193,2027,170
Uruguay541:63,5516,804
Uzbekistan541:572,76212,592
Spain451:1,038,93438,115
Sweden421:234,44716,276
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Turkmenistan371:148,3543,025
Peru361:882,89218,060
Moldova331:107,92012,675
Czechia301:354,44942,602
Switzerland301:273,76422,252
Ireland291:162,3777,171
Croatia291:145,81420,021
Austria271:315,38635,058
Venezuela271:1,118,67016,331
Hungary231:426,79528,704
Italy211:2,912,22398,106
New Zealand191:238,33322,631
Finland181:305,37222,464
Scotland181:297,43413,849
Wales161:193,40812,484
Northern Ireland151:123,0027,073
Kyrgyzstan141:426,61834,019
Denmark131:434,20928,556
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Bermuda121:5,440820
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Slovakia101:533,64560,629
Turkey101:7,782,142126,629
Costa Rica91:531,1194,381
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Bahamas81:48,969812
China81:170,915,1968,932
United States Virgin Islands81:13,7971,930
Bulgaria71:996,98634,534
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
Paraguay61:1,206,12410,500
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
Bolivia31:3,538,81111,393
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
El Salvador31:2,114,6295,401
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Belize11:355,4743,977
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Comoros11:749,524685
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland91:492,20716,355
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England641:380,86523,394
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7951:63,1686,897

Feldman (177) may also be a first name.

Feldman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) Field-Man [Old High German feld + man(n)].

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Farmer”. (Field Man in German.)

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(German) The worker in the field or open country.

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

Feldman Last Name Facts

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

The last name Feldman (Arabic: فلدمان, Russian: Фельдман) is most common in The United States. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Feldman? popularity and diffusion

It is the 9,325th most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 119,979 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 72 percent of Feldman are found; 68 percent are found in North America and 67 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Feldman is also the 685,598th most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 177 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 39,355 people, or 1 in 9,210. In The United States Feldman is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 21 percent live, California, where 13 percent live and Florida, where 10 percent live. Apart from The United States this surname is found in 99 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 14 percent live and Russia, where 3 percent live.

Feldman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Feldman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Feldman last name increased 4,950 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 1,523 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 322 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Feldman Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Feldman surname is principally Jewish (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (68%) in Russia and Orthodox (54%) in Ukraine.

In The United States Feldman are 41.02% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 94.25% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Feldman earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 207.26% more than the national average, earning S/. 59,562 per year; in South Africa they earn 35.73% more than the national average, earning R 322,536 per year; in Colombia they earn 1.3% more than the national average, earning $22,997,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 25.4% more than the national average, earning $54,108 USD per year and in Canada they earn 49.75% more than the national average, earning $74,402 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Feldmann9333,616/
Feldmane931,497/
Fieldman93647/
Feldmand933/
Feldmman931/
Hfeldman931/
Felldman931/
Felddman931/
Feldmaun930/
Fldman920/
Fieldmann885/
Felldmann881/
Feldmannt881/
Pfeldmann880/
Veldman8610,433/
Fildman8624/
Fledman8614/
Feldmam8610/
Feldmon869/
Feldmanová8236/
Feldmanova828/
Veldmann80143/
Fledmann805/
Pheldman801/
Feldmond801/
Vieldman801/
Veltdman801/
Feldmannová7823/
Feldmannova781/
Vildman7190/
Vyldman713/
Vledman711/
Phildman670/
Vildmon5712/

Feldman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Feldman in the Russian language
Фельдманfeldman-
Feldman in the Arabic language
فلدمانfldman-
فيلدمانfyldman-

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Feldman Reference & Research

Feldman DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Feldman 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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Footnotes

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