The Kellerman surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,252 people carried this name — #7,793 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 69,400 people counted. That is up 19% from 3,567 in 2000.

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In the Nordic population registers

176 people named Kellerman is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 176

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

Kellerman in American newspapers,
1919.

Newspaper page from The St. Charles Herald carrying the name Kellerman
The St. Charles Herald 1919-02-01
Newspaper page from The Aberdeen Weekly carrying the name Kellerman
The Aberdeen Weekly 1919-01-24
Newspaper page from The St. Charles Herald carrying the name Kellerman
The St. Charles Herald 1919-01-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,912 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Kellerman in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.

4,721 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Kellerman. The most, 1,475, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 2,248
Victoria 823
Queensland 616
Western Australia 407
South Australia 382
Tasmania 216
ACT (Canberra) 11
Northern Territory 6

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

Who carried it

People named Kellerman,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Ashbrook Kellerman
    William Ashbrook Kellerman 1850–1908 · botanical collector
  • Maurice Kellerman
    Maurice Kellerman 1885–1943 · cinematographer
  • Annette Kellermann
    Annette Kellermann 1886–1975 · actor
  • Roy Kellerman
    Roy Kellerman 1915–1984 · U.S. Secret Service agent
  • Stella Victoria Kellerman 1855–1936 · botanical collector
  • Maude Kellerman 1888–1992 · botanist

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 Kellerman,
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 States545 records

545 records of the Kellerman name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 252
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 126
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 71
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 44
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 27
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 24
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Elisabeth Kellerman

    Arrived at New York in 1858 aboard the John Bertram from Hamburg, aged 38; servant. From Mecklenburg, Germany; bound for Detroit.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Ellsworth S. Kellerman

    Born 1900 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles, California; electrician from San Diego County, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Paul L. Kellerman

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1930, died 1993; buried at Rhode Island Veteran Memorial Cemetery, Exeter, Rhode Island.

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

Showing 3 of 545 records for Kellerman 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. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Netherlands912 records

912 records of the Kellerman name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 474
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 349
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 89
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Ignatius Kellerman

    Married in 1819 in Leeuwarden; soldier. Died 1881 in Leeuwarden, aged 85.

    Open Archives, AlleFriezen (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Maria Augusta Kellerman

    Married in 1851 in Amsterdam; domestic servant. Died 1883 in Rotterdam, aged 53.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Anna Catharina Kellerman

    Born 1836 in Nieuwland. Died 1836 in Nieuwland.

    Open Archives, Nationaal Archief Rijksarchief Zuid-Holland (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 912 records for Kellerman 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Australia35 records

35 records of the Kellerman name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 23
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 9
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Adolph Kellerman

    Arrived in Queensland in 1864 aboard the Susanne Godeffroy, aged 32.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Edmund Kellerman

    Hawker of Geelong, Victoria; died 1900.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Patricia Kellerman

    Of Bexley, New South Wales; died 1921.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 35 records for Kellerman in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). 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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Kellerman name in Canada City of Waterloo (Ontario) cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Dorothy Kellerman

    Buried in 1973 at Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo, Ontario.

    Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence

Counts: Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Kellerman 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 Esther Kellerman

    Born 1927 in Egypt; died 1999 in Paris.

    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).

Germany1 record

1 record of the Kellerman name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Wilhelm Kellerman

    From Nordhausen, Hohenstein. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 15 November 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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