Handelsman
surname · Latin script
Meaning: occupational name for a tradesman, merchant, or dealer (see Handel)
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈhændɪɫsmən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Handelsman is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 987K(measured from records)
- ILIsrael1 in 44Kas הנדלסמן
- JMJamaica≈1 in 242K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Handelsman itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 169 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 242K (inferred from the name graph)
337 people, 2010
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Jamaica, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled הנדלסמן in IL Israel, RO Romania, LV Latvia and Hendelsman in CY Cyprus.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
occupational name for a tradesman, merchant, or dealer (see Handel).
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Handelsman counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 337 | 1 in 987K | 347 | Handelsman | 169 |
| IL Israel | 197as הנדלסמן | 1 in 44K | 197 | הנדלסמן | 16 |
| RO Romania | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 208K | — | הנדלסמן | 2 |
| IN India | ≈96 est. | ≈1 in 14M | — | Handelsman | 1 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈65 est. | ≈1 in 867K | — | Handelsman | 11 |
| JM Jamaica | ≈12 est. | ≈1 in 242K | — | Handelsman | 1 |
| LV Latvia | ≈9 est. | ≈1 in 198K | — | הנדלסמן | 3 |
| CY Cyprus | ≈3 est. | ≈1 in 363K | — | Hendelsman | 4 |
337 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; CBS Israel — Family names in Israel, 2017 ("שמות משפחה בישראל 2017"). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Handelsman is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Swedish, merchant
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Bronisław Handelsmanb. 1859PLPolish physician, gastroenterologist & social activist
- Marceli Handelsmanb. 1882PLPolish historian (1882-1945)
- Józef Handelsmanb. 1883PLPolish psychiatrist
- Bolesław Handelsman-Targowskib. 1885PLPolish architect
- Steve Handelsmanb. 1948USAmerican journalist
- Harry Handelsmanb. 1949GBBritish businessman
- David Handelsmanb. 1950AUAustralian endocrinologist
- Yakov Hadas-Handelsmanb. 1957ILIsraeli diplomat
- Jo Handelsmanb. 1959USAmerican microbiologist
- Michael HandelsmanUSAmerican historian
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 13 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 347 | #62,349 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 338 | #56,526 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 337 | #59,901 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Handelsman mean, and where does it come from?
- occupational name for a tradesman, merchant, or dealer (see Handel). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Handelsman?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈhændɪɫsmən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Handelsman have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 337 people named Handelsman, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled handelsman.
- How common is the name Handelsman?
- In the United States, the national register counted 337 people named Handelsman in 2010, about 1 in 987 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/handelsmanThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Handelsman”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.