Explore the Family Name Fridman

The meaning of Fridman

Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): variant of Friedmann. Some characteristic forenames: Russian Boris, Mikhail, Vladimir, Leonid, Lev, Yefim, Iosif, Galina, Grigoriy, Semyon, Svetlana, Yelena. Jewish Moisey, Yakov, Aron, Isaak, Leyb, Naum, Zelik, Ayelet, Basya.

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How common is the last name Fridman in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Fridman experienced a decline in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it held the rank of 19,563 but fell to 22,026 in 2010 - a drop of 12.59 percent. The total count of people with this surname also decreased from 1,276 in 2000 to 1,177 in 2010, reflecting a decline of 7.76 percent. Consequently, the proportion of individuals named Fridman per 100,000 decreased by 14.89 percent during this decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#19,563	#22,026	-12.59%
Count	1,276	1,177	-7.76%
Proportion per 100k	0.47	0.4	-14.89%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Fridman

When examining Fridman's ethnic identity based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, we see that there were no recorded individuals of Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicity with this surname in either 2000 or 2010. However, those identifying as White made up the majority share, increasing slightly from 93.73 percent in 2000 to 94.65 percent in 2010. Individuals identifying with two or more races represented 2.27 percent in 2000, but this figure dropped significantly to 0.59 percent in 2010. People of Hispanic ethnicity using this surname increased from 3.53 percent to 4.25 percent during the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.73%	94.65%	0.98%
Hispanic	3.53%	4.25%	20.4%
Two or More Races	2.27%	0.59%	-74.01%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%