Explore the Family Name Gellman

The meaning of Gellman

1. Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Geller 4. 2. Americanized form of German Gellmann: perhaps a habitational name for someone from any of various places called Gellen in Oldenburg, Brandenburg, and East Prussia. 3. English: variant of Gillman. Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Emanuel, Mort, Ari, Hyman, Sima, Toba.

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

The surname Gellman saw a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010, according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, Gellman ranked 28,166 in terms of prevalence but dropped to rank 34,032 by 2010 — a decline of roughly 21 percent. The actual count of individuals with this surname also decreased by around 16.5 percent during this period, from 800 to 668. Proportionally, the per 100,000 figure declined by 23.33 percent, moving from 0.3 to 0.23.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#28,166	#34,032	-20.83%
Count	800	668	-16.5%
Proportion per 100k	0.3	0.23	-23.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Gellman

As for the ethnicity associated with the Gellman surname, Census data reveals a predominantly White ethnic identity. In both 2000 and 2010, over 96 percent of Gellmans identified as White, with a negligible 0.02 percent decrease over the decade. There was no recorded Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native identification among Gellmans during these years. However, the representation of Hispanic identity saw a considerable increase of 65.03 percent, rising from 1.63 percent in 2000 to 2.69 percent in 2010. The category of "Two or more races" was noted in 2000 but was absent in the 2010 data.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.13%	96.11%	-0.02%
Hispanic	1.63%	2.69%	65.03%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.25%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%