The Adelman surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,131 people carried this name — #8,006 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,400 people counted. That is up 2% from 4,060 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Adelman surname

A surname from German of Jewish (Ashkenazic) ancestry.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Adelman» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Poland’s population register

30 people named Adelman have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 52 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 3 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Kuyavian-Pomeranian 21
Pomeranian 7
Warmian-Masurian 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In the Nordic population registers

44 people named Adelman is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 44

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Adelman in American newspapers,
1919.

Newspaper page from The Daily Commonwealth carrying the name Adelman
The Daily Commonwealth 1919-04-19
Newspaper page from The Daily Commonwealth carrying the name Adelman
The Daily Commonwealth 1919-04-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,466 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Adelman in Australian newspapers,
1910s–1990s.

88 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Adelman. The most, 44, date from the 1980s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in the Australian Capital Territory, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

ACT (Canberra) 43
Victoria 19
South Australia 7
New South Wales 6
Western Australia 4
Queensland 3
Tasmania 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Adelman.

Who carried it

People named Adelman,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Aleksander Adelman
    Aleksander Adelman 1859–1942 · politician
  • Irma Adelman
    Irma Adelman 1930–2017 · economist
  • Lillian Adelman 1899–1985 · printmaker
  • Urban Adelman 1900–1977
  • Seymour Adelman 1906–1985
  • Bob Adelman 1930–2016 · photographer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Adelman,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,042 records

1,042 records of the Adelman name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 478
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 255
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 206
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 40
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 32
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 29
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Bernard Adelman

    Born 1907 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island; garment worker from Kings County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1971, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Toret Adelman

    Arrived at New York in 1904 aboard the Phoenicia from Cuxhaven, aged 24; joiner. From Wilna, Russia; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Henry Michael Adelman

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War. Born 1936, died 1994; buried at Crownsville Veterans Cemetery, Maryland.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 1,042 records for Adelman in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Netherlands11 records

11 records of the Adelman name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 4
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 4
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 3
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Arent Jan Adelman

    Died 1828 in Meppel, aged 40; workman.

    Open Archives, Drents Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Adam Joseph Adelman

    Married in 1823 in Breda; born 1795 in Hochheim, Germany.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register George Paulus Adelman

    In the population register of Amsterdam; born 1846 in Lanquiran.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Amsterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 11 records for Adelman in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Australia4 records

4 records of the Adelman name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 3
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Sydney Adelman

    Stockkeeper of Mulgrave, Victoria; died 1976.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Aaron Adelman

    Arrived in Victoria in 1889 aboard the Cuzco, aged 11.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Leib Adelman

    Arrived in Victoria in 1889 aboard the Cuzco, aged 42.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Adelman in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Adelman name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Sara Adelman

    Buried in 1987 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 76.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Archie Adelman

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record John Morris Adelman

    Buried in 1990 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Adelman name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Chana Adelman

    Born 1869 in Russia; died 1943.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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