Kaufman is used as a family name or surname in German. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kaufman
No. of characters: 7
Origin: German
Meaning: A merchant, a trader

How popular is Kaufman?

Kaufman is common in United States.

Kaufman is ranked 7702 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Kaufman bearers increased by 0.1667337 per cent in 2010 US census to 34844 since 2000, the surname slipped by 96 spots and ranked at 1007. The last name was found in around 118 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.57 95.77
Hispanic or Latino 2.04 1.29
Black 1.5 1.31
Others 1.13 0.93
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.57 0.46
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2 0.23
Kaufman is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Israel is ahead in terms of density. Around 70320 people have been found who wears Kaufman as their family name. Kaufman is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
340 Turks and Caicos Islands9
6,940 Japan8
5,565 Costa Rica8
918,840 India5
10,542 China4
2,011 South Korea4
14,400 Uzbekistan3
15,749 Finland3
4,333 Puerto Rico3
6,774 Slovenia3
32,472 Azerbaijan3
23,165 Romania3
5,817 Albania2
473 Anguilla2
4,164 Vietnam2
12,161 Wales2
12,172 Ghana2
1,333 Guam2
4,231 Jamaica2
35,969 Denmark2
2,085 Nepal2
17,547 Colombia2
14,521 Portugal2
5,443 Dominican Republic2
24,176 Qatar1
5,553 Taiwan1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
14,644 Tunisia1
6,033 Benin1
3,993 El Salvador1
11,486 Estonia1
53,505 Turkey1
10,683 Cyprus1
12,745 Luxembourg1
10,190 Bahrain1
3,307 Malta1
2,877 Cuba1
17,768 Pakistan1
810,193 Indonesia1
50,549 Georgia1
24,421 Slovakia1
2,190 Barbados1
8,181 Botswana1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,255 Uruguay49
38,499 Zimbabwe30
59,636 Spain29
17,920 New Zealand28
3,338 Thailand27
15,487 Serbia26
24,162 Kyrgyzstan24
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
11,387 Ireland22
28,338 Norway20
18,457 Scotland20
15,050 Singapore18
27,068 Moldova14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
8,066 Croatia97
15,957 Belarus89
10,581 Sweden87
24,466 Belgium67
17,456 Switzerland63
Countries with hundreds of Kaufman:
7,197 England957
11,410 France808
7,959 Poland764
10,869 South Africa584
9,569 Mexico497
6,748 Australia427
30,822 Philippines387
15,316 Ukraine371
5,541 Venezuela301
11,478 Kazakhstan234
1,244 Latvia233
9,313 Czech Republic193
7,168 Hungary164
18,144 Netherlands151
50,581 Italy146
6,815 Chile144
11,173 Peru142
5,599 Lithuania113
12,545 Austria105
Countries with thousands of Kaufman:
99 Israel6,514
2,822 Germany3,060
6,973 Russia2,674
2,270 Canada2,222
4,318 Argentina1,195
13,054 Brazil1,033
Countries with ten thousands of Kaufman:
809 United States46,069
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Peter Kaufman was 54 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on September 25, 1848. He lived in Great Britain and took Emma Watts from Liverpool. U Kaufman, 10 years old William Kaufman, George Kaufman, Mary Kaufman, are other Kaufman that migrated to US.

Comments

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Jeanelle Wittmer
 Kaufman is a nickname the origin of this name is German etymology comes from kauf mann: man shopping means the merchant.

Kaufman Namesakes

  • Jonas Kaufmann, Opera Singer
  • Karel Kaufman, Soccer player
  • Adam Kaufman, Actor
  • Adelheid Kaufmann, Author
  • Famie Kaufman, Actress
  • David Kaufman, Voice over artist
  • Aleksander Kaufmann, Cinematographer
  • Valery Kaufman, Model
  • Aloys Kaufmann, Musical Artist
  • Amalia Kaufmann, Emmy Noether's mother

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