Lichterman Surname

514,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 634 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Lichterman Surname Definition:

(Dutch, German) One who lit lamps, a lamplighter.

Lichterman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4991:726,37157,071
Israel931:92,01810,791
Sweden231:428,12030,474
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
England31:18,572,686338,250
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Lichterman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Dutch, German) One who lit lamps, a lamplighter.

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

(from an ancestor's occupation) In the eighteenth century the Russian and Austrian governments imposed a special tax on the candles used by Jews for the Sabbath. The collection of this tax was farmed out to certain individuals, who were called in Yiddish or German, Lichterman (“candleman”) or Pechter.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Lichterman Last Name Facts

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

Lichterman is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Lichterman click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lichterman? popularity and diffusion

Lichterman is the 514,664th most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,494,552 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 48 percent of Lichterman live; 48 percent live in North America and 48 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Lichterman is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 499 people, or 1 in 726,371. In The United States it is primarily found in: California, where 18 percent reside, Wisconsin, where 11 percent reside and New York, where 8 percent reside. Besides The United States this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 15 percent reside and Sweden, where 4 percent reside.

Lichterman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Lichterman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lichterman surname expanded 8,317 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lichterman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Lichterman last name are 7.48% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 60.71% registered to vote for the political party.

Lichterman earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 25.35% more than the national average, earning $54,089 USD per year.

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