The Kaufman surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 34,786 people carried this name — #911 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 7,750 people counted.
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In Poland’s population register
169 people named Kaufman have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 316 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Podlaskie.
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 74 people named Kaufman.
27 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
27 people named Kaufman live in Switzerland.
They live in 2 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 27 people named Kaufman 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 print
Kaufman in American newspapers,
1906–1943.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 251,868 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Kaufman,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pyotr von Kauffmann 1784–1849 · military officer -
Mikhail von Kauffmann 1821–1902 · military engineer -
Nikolay Kaufman 1834–1870 · botanist -
Illarion Kaufman 1847–1916 · economist -
Abram Kaufman 1855–1921 · editing staff
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 20 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kaufman.
- Kast 1,978 · U.S. census
- Kastler 485 · U.S. census
- Kastner 4,047 · U.S. census
- Kaszuba 559 · U.S. census
- Katz 30,615 · U.S. census
- Kauffmann 892 · U.S. census
- Kaufmann 6,664 · U.S. census
- Kaupp 434 · U.S. census
- Kaus 859 · U.S. census
- Kauss 229 · U.S. census
- Kautz 3,853 · U.S. census
- Kautzmann 127 · U.S. census
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