The Kaufmann surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,818 people carried this name — #5,133 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 43,300 people counted. That is up 2% from 6,664 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Kaufmann surname
A surname originating as an occupation.
Historically from Middle High German koufman, from Old High German koufman, from Proto-West Germanic *kaupamann, equivalent to kaufen + Mann.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kaufmann» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
10,083 people named Kaufmann live in Switzerland.
They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s cantons, most of all in Lucerne.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 891 people named Kaufmann 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 Santa Fe.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 634 people named Kaufmann.
140 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 41 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
123 people named Kaufmann have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 212 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 Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 the Nordic population registers
141 people named Kaufmann 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.
Who carried it
People named Kaufmann,
with a public archive behind them.
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Wilhelm Kaufmann d. 1960 · peasant
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Anna Kaufmann d. 1586
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Modest Kaufmann d. 1768
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Benno Kaufmann d. 1942
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Simon Kaufmann d. 1945
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Viktor Kaufmann d. 1945
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kaufmann.
- Kastler 455 · U.S. census
- Kastner 4,136 · U.S. census
- Kaszuba 579 · U.S. census
- Katz 31,780 · U.S. census
- Kauffmann 970 · U.S. census
- Kaufman 34,844 · U.S. census
- Kaupp 500 · U.S. census
- Kaus 900 · U.S. census
- Kauss 212 · U.S. census
- Kautz 3,699 · U.S. census
- Kautzmann 149 · U.S. census
- Kawa 1,192 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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