Find out how popular the last name Feldmann is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Feldmann.

Feldmann, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Feldmann surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Feldmann in America

Feldmann is the 11241st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Feldmann surname appeared 2,812 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Feldmann.

We can also compare 2010 data for Feldmann to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Feldmann

The surname Feldmann is of German origin, deriving from the Middle High German word "velt" meaning "field" and the German word "mann" meaning "man." This combination suggests the name referred to someone who lived or worked in a field, likely a farmer or agricultural worker.

The earliest recorded instances of the name can be traced back to the 13th century in various regions of Germany, including Bavaria, Saxony, and the Rhineland. One of the earliest known bearers of the name was Hans Feldmann, a farmer from the village of Niederau in Bavaria, who was mentioned in a land registry document dated 1287.

In the 14th century, the name appeared in several medieval records and manuscripts, including the Codex Diplomaticus Saxoniae, which contains a reference to a certain Konrad Feldmann from the town of Meissen in Saxony, dated 1342.

The name Feldmann was also found in some early place names, such as Feldmannsdorf, a village in Lower Austria that was first mentioned in a document from 1412. This suggests that the name may have been derived from a place name in some cases, rather than directly from the occupational meaning.

One notable bearer of the name was Johannes Feldmann, a German mathematician and astronomer who lived from 1515 to 1584. He is known for his work on trigonometric tables and his contributions to the development of the Gregorian calendar.

Another distinguished individual with the surname Feldmann was Johann Friedrich Feldmann, a German composer and organist who lived from 1665 to 1717. He was widely respected for his skill in organ performance and composition, particularly his works for the church.

In the 19th century, Carl Friedrich Feldmann (1798-1876) was a prominent German jurist and legal scholar who served as a judge and professor of law at the University of Heidelberg.

The name Feldmann also has a notable presence in the field of literature, with authors such as Wilhelm Feldmann (1868-1919), a German novelist and playwright, and Hildegard Feldmann (1909-1999), an Austrian poet and writer.

While the name Feldmann is most commonly associated with Germany, it has also been found in other countries with German-speaking populations, such as Switzerland, Austria, and parts of Eastern Europe, likely due to migration and cultural exchange over the centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Feldmann

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Feldmann.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Feldmann was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Feldmann has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Feldmann was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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