The Waldman surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,549 people carried this name — #6,167 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 53,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 5,391 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Waldman surname

Variant of Waldmann.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Waldman» (English), 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 135 people named Waldman 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.

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

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 106
Buenos Aires Province 29

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

In Poland’s population register

69 people named Waldman have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 110 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 4 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

Silesian 31
Lower Silesian 24
Pomeranian 12
Masovian 2

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

22 people named Waldman is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 22

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

Waldman in American newspapers,
1891–1921.

Newspaper page from The Brandon News carrying the name Waldman
The Brandon News 1921-04-07
Newspaper page from The Weekly Thibodaux Sentinel And Journal Of The 8th Senatorial District carrying the name Waldman
The Weekly Thibodaux Sentinel And Journal Of The 8th Senatorial District 1891-12-26
Newspaper page from Fairhaven Herald carrying the name Waldman
Fairhaven Herald 1892-09-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,586 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Waldman in Australian newspapers,
1840s–2000s.

383 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Waldman. The most, 114, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 2.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 197
New South Wales 74
Victoria 48
South Australia 43
Western Australia 10
Tasmania 5
ACT (Canberra) 4

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

Who carried it

People named Waldman,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Louis Waldman
    Louis Waldman 1892–1982 · lawyer
  • Louis C. Waldman 1862–1947 · architect
  • Herman Waldman 1881–1955 · basketball player
  • Frederic Waldman 1903–1995 · conductor
  • Seymour Waldman 1905– · writer
  • Louis Waldman 1907–1969 · composer

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 Waldman,
in the records of 5 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 States1,785 records

1,785 records of the Waldman name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1,055
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 298
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 280
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 54
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 50
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 47
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record George J. Waldman

    Born 1915 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at New York City; salesperson from New York County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Orange County Veteran Cemetery, Goshen, New York.

    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 Marjani Waldman

    Arrived at New York in 1907 aboard the Patricia from Hamburg, aged 18; dressmaker. From Kuchinew, Russia; bound for New York. Born in Kisiacow, Russia.

    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 Robert Earl Waldman

    Born 1930; from Oneida County, New York. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; declared dead 1951 in South Korea.

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

Showing 3 of 1,785 records for Waldman in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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).

Netherlands110 records

110 records of the Waldman name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 60
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 41
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 9
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Catharina Elisabeth Waldman

    Married in 1850 in Amsterdam; domestic servant. Died 1899 in Haarlem, aged 81.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Willem Frederik Waldman

    Married in 1921 in Amsterdam; "reclameschilder". Died 1956 in Rotterdam, aged 68.

    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 Ingetje Waldman

    Died 1828 in Zegwaart, aged 66.

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

Showing 3 of 110 records for Waldman 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).

Australia9 records

9 records of the Waldman name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 4
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 3
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  • 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 Saml Waldman

    Arrived in Victoria in 1910 aboard the Afric, aged 37.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Frederick Waldman

    Naturalised in Queensland in 1868.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Chana Ruchla Waldman

    Of Elwood, Victoria; died 2000.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Waldman in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada5 records

5 records of the Waldman name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 3
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Francis Joseph Waldman

    Buried in 1970 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 71.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record John Waldman

    Died 1939; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Sarah Waldman

    Married 1903 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 5 records for Waldman in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

France5 records

5 records of the Waldman 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 Golda Tema Waldman

    Born 1923 in Poland; died 1992 in Clichy (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 Isaac Waldman

    Born 1906 in Paris; died 1998 in Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier (Nièvre).

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

    Born 1918 in Egypt; died 1991 in Issy-les-Moulineaux (Hauts-de-Seine).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Waldman 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).

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