The Edelman surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,428 people carried this name — #6,295 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 54,300 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (5,442).

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What the name means

The meaning of the Edelman surname

Borrowed from German Edelmann (“nobleman”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Edelman» (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

116 people named Edelman have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 184 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lublin.

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

Where they live today

Lublin 26
Masovian 21
Silesian 20
Lubusz 13
Lower Silesian 11
West Pomeranian 8
Opole 7
Łódź 6

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 99 people named Edelman live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 41
City of Buenos Aires 39
Neuquén 19

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 22 people named Edelman.

9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 3 départements, most often Paris.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 9
Paris 10
Rhône 2
Hauts-de-Seine 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

85 people named Edelman are counted in Finland and Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.

Counted, by country

Finland (2026) 47
Sweden (2022) 38

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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Edelman in American newspapers,
1900–1928.

Newspaper page from The Milwaukee Leader carrying the name Edelman
The Milwaukee Leader 1928-05-18
Newspaper page from The Morning Astorian carrying the name Edelman
The Morning Astorian 1900-07-11
Newspaper page from The Guernsey Gazette carrying the name Edelman
The Guernsey Gazette 1926-10-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 202 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Edelman in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.

1,369 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Edelman. The most, 284, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 3.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 582
Western Australia 317
Victoria 249
South Australia 97
Queensland 83
Tasmania 20
ACT (Canberra) 18

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

Who carried it

People named Edelman,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ernst William Edelman
    Ernst William Edelman 1888–1962 · vicar
  • Ángel Edelman
    Ángel Edelman 1898–1967 · judge
  • Kees Edelman
    Kees Edelman 1903–1964 · geologist
  • Axel Herbert Edelman 1764– · actor
  • Mordekhai ben Tsevi Edelman 1847–1922 · opinion journalist
  • Louis F. Edelman 1900–1976 · screenwriter

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 Edelman,
in the records of 6 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 States1,703 records

1,703 records of the Edelman name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 882
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 258
  • Other U.S. records 563
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Harry Edelman

    Born 1906 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1944 at Los Angeles, California; stock clerk. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1984, buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    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 Hersch M. Edelman

    Arrived at New York in 1897 aboard the Servia from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 17; laborer. From Austria; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Irwin Leon Edelman

    Born 1944; from Sea Cliff, New York. U.S. Army, infantryman; died in an accident 1969 in Long An, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 1,703 records for Edelman in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Netherlands1,631 records

1,631 records of the Edelman name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 888
  • Dutch population registers 558
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 185
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Aaltje Edelman

    Married in 1905 in Hellendoorn; housekeeper. Died 1953 in Deventer, aged 79.

    Open Archives, Collectie Overijssel locatie Zwolle (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Theodorus Henricus Edelman

    Married in 1856 in Aalsmeer; workman. Died 1857 in Aalsmeer, aged 26.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Eva Edelman

    Married in 1821 in Brielle; domestic servant. Died 1858 in Brielle, aged 60.

    Open Archives, Streekarchief Voorne-Putten (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 1,631 records for Edelman in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia30 records

30 records of the Edelman name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 20
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 7
  • Other Australian records 3
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Henry Edelman

    Arrived in Victoria in 1860 aboard the Southampton, aged 13; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Herz Edelman

    Tailor of Elsternwick, Victoria; died 1987.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Henry Edelman

    Teacher in Queensland in 1874.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 30 records for Edelman in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France9 records

9 records of the Edelman 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 Lucie Edelman

    Born 1924 in Courbevoie (Paris); died 1972 in Clamart (Hauts-de-Seine).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Victor Edelman

    Born 1913 in Hungary; died 1991 in Clichy (Hauts-de-Seine).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Menahem Edelman

    Born 1904 in Russia; died 1996 in Oloron-Sainte-Marie (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Edelman in France.

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).

Finland5 records

5 records of the Edelman name in Finland Finland's war dead, 1939–1945
  1. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Jerker Leonard V. Edelman

    Born 1901 in Helsinki; driver. Died in 1940 during Finland's wars of 1939–1945; buried in Helsinki.

    Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Erkki Edvard Edelman

    Born 1913 in Sortavala. Died in 1940 during Finland's wars of 1939–1945; buried in Juuka.

    Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Lauri Jaakko Edelman

    Born 1925 in Alavus. Died in 1944 during Finland's wars of 1939–1945; buried in Alavus.

    Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Edelman in Finland.

Counts: Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Edelman name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. 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 George Milton Edelman

    Died in service in 1942.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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