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The GELFAND surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,361 18656 0 5
United States (1880 census) -1 148255 0 0
Change since 1880 +1362 +129599 +N/A +N/A
Other Countries
Australia 26 43078 0 2
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for GELFAND by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New York 380 3965 0.002 20
California 181 11074 0.001 5
Florida 135 10618 0.001 8
New Jersey 94 8151 0.001 11
Pennsylvania 79 14442 0.001 6
Top States for GELFAND by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New York 380 3965 0.002 20
Colorado 50 8465 0.001 12
New Jersey 94 8151 0.001 11
Connecticut 30 12044 0.001 9
Washington DC 5 9202 0.001 9

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called GELFAND live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called GELFAND represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called GELFAND in New York than any other state, but you are more likely to find a GELFAND by picking someone at random in New York than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of GELFAND

Sorry, we don't have any origin and classification information for the GELFAND surname.

Ethnic distribution of GELFAND in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 14 1.03
Mixed Race 12 0.88
Asian/Pacific 9 0.66
White (Caucasian) 1,320 96.99
Black/African American Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the GELFAND surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

GELFAND is a genuine surname, but it's an uncommon one. Did you possibly mean one of these instead?

Meaning of GELFAND in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of GELFAND.

Similar names to GELFAND

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as GELFAND.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for GELFAND

The following words are slight variants of GELFAND that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.