The Wasserman surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,577 people carried this name — #5,297 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 44,800 people counted. That is down 1% from 6,638 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Wasserman surname

A surname from German, equivalent to English Waterman.

Borrowed from German Wassermann.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Wasserman» (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 159 people named Wasserman 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 map

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 124
Buenos Aires Province 35

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

In Poland’s population register

35 people named Wasserman have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 92 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 Subcarpathian.

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

Where they live today

Subcarpathian 18
Masovian 11
Lesser Poland 4
Lublin 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

107 people named Wasserman is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 107

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

Wasserman in American newspapers,
1891–1920.

Newspaper page from The Portland Daily Press carrying the name Wasserman
The Portland Daily Press 1891-12-12
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Wasserman
Daily Kennebec Journal 1895-11-21
Newspaper page from The Morning Tulsa Daily World carrying the name Wasserman
The Morning Tulsa Daily World 1920-05-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Wasserman in Australian newspapers,
1920s–1990s.

447 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Wasserman. The most, 334, date from the 1940s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Victoria, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 199
Victoria 96
Queensland 60
Tasmania 25
South Australia 22
Western Australia 20
ACT (Canberra) 19
Northern Territory 4

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

Who carried it

People named Wasserman,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ida Wasserman
    Ida Wasserman 1901–1977 · actor
  • Shimon Wasserman 1899–1997
  • Joseph Zundel Wasserman 1900–1979 · writer
  • Miriam Wasserman Holcenberg 1903–1983
  • Genia Storch 1906– · kindergarten teacher
  • Lew Wasserman 1913–2002 · entrepreneur

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 Wasserman,
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 States2,412 records

2,412 records of the Wasserman name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1,414
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 439
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 372
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 80
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 62
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 44
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Philip H. Wasserman

    Born 1918 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island; advertising agent. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1975, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, 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 Alter Wasserman

    Arrived at New York in 1907 aboard the Friedrich der Grosse from Bremen, aged 25; dealer. From Kischniew, Russia; bound for New York. Born in Perlitz, 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 Michael Leon Wasserman

    Born 1948; from Boise, Idaho. U.S. Marine Corps, assaultman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

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

Showing 3 of 2,412 records for Wasserman 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).

Netherlands452 records

452 records of the Wasserman name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 251
  • Dutch population registers 187
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 14
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Joanna Wasserman

    Married in 1858 in Maastricht; ironer. Died 1869 in Maastricht, aged 30.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Elisabeth Maria Wasserman

    Married in 1926 in 's-Gravenhage; domestic servant. Died 1971 in 's-Gravenhage.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Hendrik Franciscus Michaël Wasserman

    Born 1834 in Goirle. Died 1835 in Hilvarenbeek.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 452 records for Wasserman 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).

Australia17 records

17 records of the Wasserman name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 8
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 7
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Wolf Barnet Wasserman

    Hairdresser of St Kilda, Victoria; died 1964.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John C. Wasserman

    Arrived in Victoria in 1908 aboard the Medic, aged 28.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Joseph Wasserman

    Married 1848 in Hobart, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 17 records for Wasserman in Australia.

Counts: 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: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Wasserman name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Adelaide Cornelia Maria Wasserman

    Buried in 1999 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 89.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Zaheckeh Wasserman

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Edith Wasserman

    Married 1901 in Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 4 records for Wasserman in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

France1 record

1 record of the Wasserman 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 Edith Anna Wasserman

    Born 1911 in Germany; died 1993 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).

    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).

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