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

Valdman, 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 Valdman surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Valdman in America

Valdman is the 158432nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Valdman surname appeared 102 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 Valdman.

The history of the last name Valdman

The surname VALDMAN is of German origin, deriving from the old German word "wald" meaning forest or woods, and "mann" meaning man. It is believed to have first emerged in the 12th century in the regions of Bavaria and Swabia in southern Germany.

VALDMAN is thought to have originally referred to a person who lived in or near a forest, or perhaps a forester or woodsman by occupation. Early variations of the spelling included Waldmann, Waldeman, and Waldman.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name is found in the Codex Diplomaticus Saxoniae, a collection of medieval documents from Saxony, dating back to 1183. Here, a "Henricus Waldman" is mentioned as a witness to a land transaction.

In the 14th century, the name appears in various municipal records and tax rolls from towns in Bavaria and Swabia, such as a "Johannes Waldeman" listed in the town of Augsburg in 1327.

A notable early bearer of the name was Hans Waldmann (c. 1435-1489), a Swiss politician and military leader from Zurich who played a key role in the Old Zurich War against the Holy Roman Empire in the late 15th century.

Another prominent figure was Johann Waldmann (1557-1633), a German theologian and philosopher from Nuremberg who wrote extensively on metaphysics and ethics.

In the 18th century, Johann Gottfried Valdman (1718-1788) was a respected jurist and legal scholar from Leipzig, known for his work on Roman law.

The 19th century saw Ernst Valdman (1821-1895), a German-born American architect based in Chicago, who designed several notable buildings including the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois.

More recently, Albert Valdman (1937-) is a renowned linguist and expert on French-based creole languages, born in New York to parents of Polish-Jewish descent.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Valdman

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

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 Valdman 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.

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

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