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

Spigelman, 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 Spigelman surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Spigelman in America

Spigelman is the 140157th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Spigelman surname appeared 119 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 Spigelman.

We can also compare 2010 data for Spigelman 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 Spigelman

The surname SPIGELMAN is of Ashkenazic Jewish origin, derived from the medieval German and Yiddish personal name Shpringelman, which means "a dancer" or "an entertainer." The name is believed to have originated in the late Middle Ages, possibly as early as the 13th century, in the German-speaking regions of Central Europe.

The name SPIGELMAN is thought to be a combination of the German word "springen," meaning "to jump" or "to dance," and the suffix "-man," indicating a person or occupation. It was likely given as a descriptive name to individuals who worked as dancers, entertainers, or performers in medieval times.

Historical records of the SPIGELMAN name are relatively scarce, as many Jewish communities faced persecution and displacement during the Middle Ages and Renaissance periods. However, some early references to the name can be found in German and Yiddish documents from the 15th and 16th centuries.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the SPIGELMAN name is that of Jacob Spigelman, a Jewish merchant and moneylender who lived in the city of Frankfurt, Germany, in the late 15th century. Another notable figure was Rabbi Meir Spigelman, a prominent Talmudic scholar and author who lived in Poland in the 17th century (c. 1620-1690).

During the 19th century, as Jewish communities gained more freedoms and opportunities for social mobility, the SPIGELMAN name began to spread beyond its Central European origins. Notable individuals with this surname include:

1. Mordecai Spigelman (1835-1915), a Russian-born American rabbi and Talmudic scholar.
2. Arthur Spigelman (1866-1954), a Polish-born American businessman and philanthropist.
3. Jacob Spigelman (1886-1962), a German-born British artist and illustrator.
4. James Spigelman (born 1946), an Australian jurist and former Chief Justice of New South Wales.
5. Hersh Spigelman (1921-2013), a Polish-born Israeli author and Holocaust survivor.

While the SPIGELMAN name has been found in various regions over the centuries, its roots can be traced back to the German-speaking lands of Central Europe, where it originated as a descriptive occupational name for dancers and entertainers in the medieval period.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Spigelman

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

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

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