The Feldman surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 23,356 people carried this name — #1,540 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 12,600 people counted. That is up 1% from 23,195 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Feldman surname
From Feld + Mann.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entries «Feldman» (English) and «Feldmann» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,290 people named Feldman 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 City of Buenos Aires.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
270 people named Feldman have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 567 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 12 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 147 people named Feldman.
Most of them — 80 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 7 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 91 people named Feldman live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
53 people named Feldman live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
57 people named Feldman are counted in Sweden and Finland.
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
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
Feldman in American newspapers,
1910–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 33,597 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Feldman,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alexander Wilhelm Feldmann 1789–1861 · military personnel -
Alexander Wilhelm Feldmann 1790–1861 · military personnel
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Fedor Alexandrovich Feldmann 1835–1902 -
Ferdynand Feldman 1862–1919 · actor -
Girsch Feldman 1863–1938 · merchant -
Chic Feldman d. 1972 · basketball coach
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Feldman.
- Feix 168 · U.S. census
- Fekete 2,027 · U.S. census
- Felber 1,192 · U.S. census
- Feld 2,766 · U.S. census
- Felden 144 · U.S. census
- Felder 13,257 · U.S. census
- Feldmann 2,812 · U.S. census
- Felice 3,333 · U.S. census
- Felici 243 · U.S. census
- Felicien 166 · U.S. census
- Felipe 6,370 · U.S. census
- Feliu 428 · U.S. census
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