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

Fridman, 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 Fridman surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Fridman in America

Fridman is the 22026th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Fridman surname appeared 1,177 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Fridman.

We can also compare 2010 data for Fridman 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 Fridman

The surname FRIDMAN is of Ashkenazi Jewish origin, with roots tracing back to the German and Yiddish languages. It is believed to have originated in the late 18th or early 19th century, likely derived from the Yiddish word "frid," meaning "peace" or "serenity."

In its earliest forms, the name was often spelled as "Friedman" or "Frydman," reflecting the variations in pronunciation and transliteration from its original Yiddish and German roots. The name may have been adopted as a descriptive surname, referring to someone who embodied a peaceful or serene demeanor.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the Prussian census records of the early 19th century, where several families bearing the surname FRIDMAN or its variations were documented in the regions of present-day Poland and Germany.

Historically, the FRIDMAN surname has been associated with several notable figures, including Mikhail Fridman, a Russian billionaire businessman and co-founder of the Alfa Group conglomerate, born in 1964. Another notable bearer of the name was Jacob Fridman, a Russian-American physicist and mathematician who made significant contributions to the field of electromagnetism, born in 1888 and died in 1972.

In the realm of literature, Isaac Bashevis Singer, a Polish-American writer and Nobel laureate in literature, was born as Isaac Fridman in 1902. His works, written primarily in Yiddish, explored the lives and struggles of Jewish communities in Poland and the United States.

The name FRIDMAN can also be found in the annals of music, with Leonard Fridman, a Russian-American composer and pianist born in 1904, known for his works blending classical and jazz elements.

Additionally, the surname has been carried by several notable academics and scholars, such as Vladimir Fridman, a Russian-American mathematician and computer scientist who made significant contributions to the field of differential geometry, born in 1929.

Throughout its history, the FRIDMAN surname has maintained its strong ties to the Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora, with its bearers dispersed across various regions of Europe and, later, North America and other parts of the world.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Fridman

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

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 Fridman 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 Fridman 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 Fridman was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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