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

Needelman, 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 Needelman surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Needelman in America

Needelman is the 93125th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Needelman surname appeared 197 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 Needelman.

We can also compare 2010 data for Needelman 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 Needelman

The surname Needelman is of Yiddish origin, deriving from the German word "Nadler" which means "needleworker" or "embroiderer." It likely originated in the early 19th century among Ashkenazi Jewish communities in Eastern Europe.

The name is believed to have first appeared in areas such as Poland, Ukraine, and Belarus, where many Jews were involved in the textile trade and needle crafts. The earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in various census records and birth registers from these regions in the mid-1800s.

One of the earliest known individuals with the surname Needelman was Isaac Needelman, born in Warsaw, Poland in 1837. He was a skilled tailor and is mentioned in several local guild records from the 1860s.

As Jewish communities migrated westward, the name spread to other parts of Europe and eventually to the Americas. Shmuel Needelman, born in Odessa, Ukraine in 1872, is noted as one of the first to bring the name to the United States when he immigrated to New York City in 1892.

In the early 20th century, the name can be found in various city directories and census records across major American cities with significant Jewish populations, such as New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles.

One notable individual was Rabbi Yitzchak Needelman, a respected Torah scholar born in Minsk, Belarus in 1910. He later served as the chief rabbi of Antwerp, Belgium from 1945 until his passing in 1982.

Another prominent figure was David Needelman, a successful entrepreneur and philanthropist born in Warsaw, Poland in 1924. He founded the Needelman Foundation, which supported various educational and charitable causes in the United States and Israel.

In more recent times, some individuals with the surname Needelman have achieved recognition in various fields, such as author and historian Rebecca Needelman and filmmaker Daniel Needelman.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Needelman

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

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

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