Newman
At the 2020 census, 97,169 Americans bore the surname Newman — 323rd out of 156,621 surnames on file. That is about one person in 3,076.
By the numbers
- People
- 97,169
- Rank
- 323rd
- How common
- 1 in 3,076
- Per 100,000
- 32.5
Where the name comes from
Origin a nickname
From : a "newcomer".
Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Who bears the name
How people with the surname Newman described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:
Notable people called Newman
- Paul Newman (1925–2008)American actor
- John Henry Newman (1801–1890)English cleric and cardinal
- Randy Newman (born 1943)American singer-songwriter and pianist
- Alfred Newman (1900–1970)American composer
- Thomas Newman (born 1955)American composer and conductor
- Barnett Newman (1905–1970)American painter
- John Newman (born 1990)British singer-songwriter
- Ryan Newman (born 1998)American actress, singer and model
People named Newman with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Surnames like Newman
Also a first name
Newman has been given to 1,896 American babies as a first name since 1882, peaking in 1921. See it as a given name.
Try it on yourself
Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.