Waldman Surname

45,677th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,354 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Belize

Waldman Surname Definition:

(German) One who took care of a forest for the lord; a gamekeeper.

Waldman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9,2451:39,2064,834
Canada5681:64,8697,554
Israel4201:20,3753,035
England3031:183,88816,484
Argentina1751:244,24819,837
Brazil1191:1,798,94458,246
Poland821:463,52146,884
Zimbabwe541:285,89329,291
South Africa491:1,105,66765,349
France491:1,355,566135,191
Scotland361:148,7178,826
New Zealand331:137,22216,302
Australia311:870,82953,581
Netherlands241:703,63256,027
Belize201:17,7741,683
Hungary151:654,41837,235
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Chile121:1,468,04024,959
Wales111:281,32115,850
Mexico101:12,412,62043,480
Venezuela81:3,775,51036,567
Czechia71:1,519,06797,842
Slovakia61:889,40878,715
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
China41:341,830,39216,990
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England241:1,015,64040,589
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2961:169,65815,313

Waldman (36) may also be a first name.

Waldman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One who took care of a forest for the lord; a gamekeeper.

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

Waldman Last Name Facts

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

Waldman (Arabic: الدمان) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Waldman? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 45,677th most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 641,848 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Waldman reside; 86 percent reside in North America and 86 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Waldman is also the 1,717,090th most frequently held given name world-wide It is held by 36 people.

This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 9,245 people, or 1 in 39,206. In The United States it is most prevalent in: New York, where 21 percent live, California, where 13 percent live and Florida, where 10 percent live. Other than The United States this surname occurs in 53 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 5 percent live and Israel, where 4 percent live.

Waldman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Waldman has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Waldman surname increased 3,123 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 1,263 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Waldman Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Waldman last name are 39.61% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 92.84% registered with the party.

The amount Waldman earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 86.15% more than the national average, earning R 442,356 per year; in United States they earn 21.26% more than the national average, earning $52,322 USD per year and in Canada they earn 39.32% more than the national average, earning $69,220 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Waldman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Waldman in the Arabic language
الدمانaldman-

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