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

Gluckman, 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 Gluckman surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Gluckman in America

Gluckman is the 56073rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Gluckman surname appeared 365 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 Gluckman.

We can also compare 2010 data for Gluckman 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 Gluckman

The surname Gluckman is of German and Jewish origin, deriving from the Yiddish words "gluck" meaning "luck" and "man" meaning "man". It emerged in the Middle Ages as an occupational name for a fortuneteller or someone believed to have good luck.

The earliest recorded instances of the Gluckman surname date back to the 13th century in Bavaria and Franconia regions of Germany. It is found in documents from cities like Nuremberg and Bamberg. The spelling variations included Gluckmann, Gluckman, Glueckmann, and Glucman.

One of the earliest known bearers of the name was Rabbi Yitzchak Gluckman, a prominent scholar who lived in Regensburg, Germany in the late 13th century. His teachings and writings on Jewish law and ethics were highly regarded.

The Gluckman name also appeared in the Memorbuch, a Jewish memorial book from Nuremberg, in the 15th century, indicating the presence of a Jewish community with this surname in the area.

In the 16th century, Jacob Gluckman was a respected merchant and banker in Frankfurt, Germany. His trading activities extended across Europe, contributing to the spread of the surname.

The name Gluckman can be found in various places across Central and Eastern Europe, such as Poland, Ukraine, and Russia, due to the migration of Jewish communities.

One notable bearer of the surname was Max Gluckman, an influential social anthropologist born in 1911 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He made significant contributions to the study of law, ritual, and social organization in Africa.

Another prominent individual was Sir Harry Gluckman, a New Zealand lawyer and judge born in 1901. He served as the Solicitor-General and President of the Court of Appeal in New Zealand.

In the United States, one of the earliest recorded instances of the Gluckman surname was Abraham Gluckman, a German-Jewish immigrant who settled in Philadelphia in the late 18th century.

Overall, the surname Gluckman has a rich history spanning several centuries and regions, originating from a German-Jewish occupational name and spreading through migration and trade.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Gluckman

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

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

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