Explore the Family Name Guberman

The meaning of Guberman

Jewish (from Ukraine): variant of Huberman, originating under Russian influence, since Russian has no h and alters it to g in borrowed words and names. Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Emanuel, Frima, Limor, Shlomo. Russian Boris, Efim, Sergey, Vladimir.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Guberman saw a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Guberman was ranked 47,654th in terms of popularity, but by 2010 it had slipped to 51,941st place, representing a drop of 9%. The number of people bearing this surname also reduced slightly during this period, from 418 in 2000 to 400 in 2010, indicating a decline of 4.31%. The proportion per 100,000 also fell by 6.67%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#47,654	#51,941	-9%
Count	418	400	-4.31%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.14	-6.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Guberman

In terms of ethnicity, the census data revealed that most of those with the surname Guberman identified as White, with the percentage remaining nearly steady at 96.65% in 2000 and 96.75% in 2010. The figures show a minor increase of 0.10% over this decade. Data for other ethnic identities like Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native were either zero or suppressed for privacy (S). However, there was a notable change in the Hispanic category, which went from 0% in 2000 to 1.50% in 2010. Also, the group identifying as two or more races disappeared completely in 2010, having been recorded at 1.67% in 2000. This data is also based on the Decennial U.S. Census.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.65%	96.75%	0.1%
Hispanic	0%	1.5%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.67%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%