Explore the Family Name Grubman

The meaning of Grubman

1. Americanized form of German Grubmann, and a variant of the same Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname: topographic name for a man who lived in a hollow, a variant of Gruber 1 formed with Middle High German man, German Mann ‘man’. 2. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): variant of Gruber 2, formed with Yiddish man ‘man’. Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Isadore, Naum.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Grubman has seen a decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 75,219th most popular surname, but by 2010, it had dropped to the 83,541st spot, marking an 11.06% decrease in rank. The count of people bearing this name also fell from 239 in 2000 to 225 in 2010, representing a drop of 5.86%. Similarly, the proportion of people with the surname Grubman per 100,000 individuals decreased by 11.11% over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#75,219	#83,541	-11.06%
Count	239	225	-5.86%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.08	-11.11%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Grubman

When it comes to ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data indicates that the Grubman surname is predominantly associated with individuals of White ethnic identity. In 2000, 95.82% of the people with this surname identified as White, although this percentage slightly declined to 93.33% by 2010. Meanwhile, the percentage of Grubmans identifying as Hispanic saw a significant increase over the decade, rising from 4.18% in 2000 to 5.78% in 2010, a change of 38.28%. The data for Asian/Pacific Islander, two or more races, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native were either zero or suppressed for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.82%	93.33%	-2.6%
Hispanic	4.18%	5.78%	38.28%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%