Explore the Family Name Urman

The meaning of Urman

1. Americanized form of German Urmann or Uhrmann: from a pet form of Uhr. 2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Uhr. 3. Jewish (from Ukraine): nickname from southeastern Yiddish ureman ‘poor man’. Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Reuven, Eitan, Etya, Haim, Haya, Isaak, Mayer, Meyer, Naum. Russian Yefim, Aleksandr, Boris, Dmitriy, Galina, Gennady, Igor, Konstantin, Leonid, Lyuba, Lyudmila, Michail.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Urman saw slight fluctuations between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 38,890th in terms of popularity and by 2010, it moved to 39,281st place, marking a minor decrease by 1.01%. The count of people bearing this surname, however, increased slightly from 534 in 2000 to 560 in 2010, signifying a rise of 4.87%. The proportion per 100,000 people decreased by 5% over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#38,890	#39,281	-1.01%
Count	534	560	4.87%
Proportion per 100k	0.2	0.19	-5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Urman

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Urman witnessed subtle changes between 2000 and 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census. The majority, 96.82% in 2000 and 96.25% in 2010, identified as white, indicating a slight dip of 0.59%. Those identifying as Black experienced an increase from 0.94% in 2000 to 1.07% in 2010, a growth of 13.83%. No individual of Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicity carried this surname in either year. A new development in 2010 was the emergence of individuals identifying as Hispanic, at 1.43%, which did not exist in the 2000 data.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.82%	96.25%	-0.59%
Hispanic	0%	1.43%	0%
Two or More Races	1.31%	1.07%	-18.32%
Black	0.94%	1.07%	13.83%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%