Erdman is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Germany, England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Erdman
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland, Germany, England
Meaning:

Family name is a variation of Herdman. Anglo-Saxon hirdman, an attendant.

Erdman is a variation of Ortmann. Descendant of Ortman meaning "point, man"; one who acted as an arbitrator or referee.

Erdman is a variant of Erdmann. The land worker or farmer.

The land worker or farmer.

Lastname Erdman is variant of Herdman. One employed to herd cattle, sheep or other animals.

How popular is Erdman?

Erdman is common in United States, Russia, Poland, Canada, Israel, Brazil.

Erdman is ranked 45292 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Erdmans plummeted by 1 per cent to 6558 since 2000 and slipped by 443 spots and ranked at 5311. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 96.11 97.37
Hispanic or Latino 1.75 1.34
Others 0.91 0.66
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.56 0.21
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.41 0.17
Black 0.24 0.24
Erdman is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Estonia lie ahead in terms of density. Around 11471 person has been found who wears Erdman as their family name. Erdman is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Erdman:
4,982 United States8,934
Countries with hundreds of Erdman:
22,455 Russia704
10,035 Poland595
11,046 Canada362
8,556 Israel124
58,249 Brazil119
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
17,948 Belarus77
42,299 England72
32,252 Netherlands67
12,605 Sweden54
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
102,555 Ukraine44
16,450 Uzbekistan38
6,408 Estonia38
113,742 Germany38
50,673 Australia34
43,439 Kazakhstan28
11,595 Latvia26
35,569 Mexico16
26,435 New Zealand14
269,324 France12
19,179 Scotland11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
152,056 Argentina10
26,877 Uruguay6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Carl-J. Erdman worked as mechanic and hailed from Germany. 24 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Olympus and arrived on April 23, 1873. Wilh. Erdman (22) Laborer, Herm. Erdman, Farmer Adelheid Erdman, 19 years old Albert Erdman, Of unknown age Amanda Erdman, 17 years old Julius Erdman, 13 years old Richard Erdman, Shoemaker Carl Erdman, and 43 other Erdman majority of whom were laborer and others worked as farmer and servant, merchant migrated to US from Glasgow, Liverpool & Queenstown, Bremen and Havre.

Erdman Namesakes

  • Paul Erdman, American economist and banker
  • Nikolai Erdman, Soviet dramatist and screenwriter primarily remembered for his work with Vsevolod Meyerhold
  • Jean Erdman, American dancer and choreographer of modern dance as well as an avant-garde theater director
  • Philip Erdman, politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska
  • Constantine Jacob Erdman, Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • Jacob Erdman, Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • Derek Erdman, artist in Seattle, Washington
  • Richard Erdman, American actor and occasional director
  • Wayne Erdman, Canadian retired judoka

Erdman Namesakes

  • Paul Erdman, American economist and banker
  • Nikolai Erdman, Soviet dramatist and screenwriter primarily remembered for his work with Vsevolod Meyerhold
  • Jean Erdman, American dancer and choreographer of modern dance as well as an avant-garde theater director
  • Philip Erdman, politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska
  • Constantine Jacob Erdman, Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • Jacob Erdman, Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • Derek Erdman, artist in Seattle, Washington
  • Richard Erdman, American actor and occasional director
  • Wayne Erdman, Canadian retired judoka

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