Explore the Family Name Mailman

The meaning of Mailman

Americanized form of German Mehlmann or of its Jewish cognate Mehlman, occupational names for a miller or flour merchant.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname "Mailman" showed a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 41,320 in popularity with a count of 497 individuals bearing this surname. By 2010, the rank had slipped to 44,109, indicating a decrease of 6.75%. The count of individuals with the surname "Mailman" also dropped marginally by 1.81%, from 497 in 2000 to 488 in 2010. Consequently, the proportion of the "Mailman" surname per 100,000 people fell by 5.56%, from 0.18 to 0.17 over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#41,320	#44,109	-6.75%
Count	497	488	-1.81%
Proportion per 100k	0.18	0.17	-5.56%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Mailman

As for the ethnic identity associated with the surname "Mailman", the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals some interesting shifts between 2000 and 2010. The majority of those who identify as "Mailman" are White, accounting for 93.76% in 2000 and dropping slightly to 90.98% in 2010. The American Indian and Alaskan Native community saw a slight increase of 6% in the use of the surname, moving from 4.83% to 5.12%. Interestingly, in the span of the decade, the "Mailman" surname also emerged within the Hispanic community (1.02%) and among individuals identifying with two or more races (1.64%). However, there was no recorded usage of the "Mailman" surname among the Asian/Pacific Islander and Black communities during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.76%	90.98%	-2.97%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	4.83%	5.12%	6%
Two or More Races	0%	1.64%	0%
Hispanic	0%	1.02%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%