Explore the Family Name Kellman

The meaning of Kellman

1. Americanized form of German Kellmann: elaborated variant of Kell 2, with the addition of -mann ‘man’. Compare Kelman. 2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Kalman. 3. Scottish (Aberdeenshire): variant of Kelman. Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Ari, Chaya, Meyer, Yaakov.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Kellman saw a slight change in popularity between 2000 and 2010. The ranking of the surname declined from 20,676 in 2000 to 21,686 in 2010, representing a drop of 4.88%. However, the count of people with this surname increased slightly by 1.01% from 1,189 to 1,201 during the same period. Despite this increase in count, the proportion of individuals with the Kellman surname per 100,000 people decreased by 6.82%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#20,676	#21,686	-4.88%
Count	1,189	1,201	1.01%
Proportion per 100k	0.44	0.41	-6.82%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Kellman

The ethnicity associated with the surname Kellman also witnessed some changes between 2000 and 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. An increase was noticed in the percentage of individuals identifying as Hispanic and Black, rising by 85.19% and 16.64% respectively. Conversely, the count of individuals identifying as White saw a decrease of 10.04%. The percentage of those identifying as belonging to two or more races also fell by 22.91%. Interestingly, there were no individuals recorded with Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnic identity during either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	62.66%	56.37%	-10.04%
Black	33.05%	38.55%	16.64%
Hispanic	1.35%	2.5%	85.19%
Two or More Races	2.27%	1.75%	-22.91%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.83%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%