Perelman

English

Etymology

Variant of Perlman.

Proper noun

Perelman (plural Perelmans)

1. A surname from Yiddish.
2. A transliteration of the Russian surname Перельман (Perelʹman).

   Grigori Perelman, b. 1966

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Perelman is the 34801^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 649 individuals. Perelman is most common among White (95.99%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Perelman”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears