| ![Show Contents]() Kauffmann History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Etymology of KauffmannWhat does the name Kauffmann mean? The Jewish surname Kauffmann is a patronymic surname, which belongs to the category of hereditary surnames. Kaufman means "merchant" or "shopkeeper" in German, and as a German name was generally an occupational name. However, for most of the Jewish people of this name, Kauffmann was derived from the first name Jacob (Yaakov), converted to a surname it became Yakovman, then Yakofman, which was shortened to Kofman. Kaufman, finally, would have been a spelling variation of this last version. Kauffmann Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Kaufman, Kaufmann, Kauffmann, Kauffman and many more. Kauffmann RankingFrance, the name Kauffmann is the 1,762nd most popular surname with an estimated 3,460 people with that name. 1
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Kauffmann Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Isaac Kauffmann, who arrived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1709
- Heinrich Kauffmann, who settled in Philadelphia in 1731
- Abraham Kauffmann, who settled in German Town, Pennsylvania in 1734
- Anna Kauffmann, aged 28, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1752 2
- Anna Apollonia Kauffmann, who arrived in America in 1756 2
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Kauffmann Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Abraham Kauffmann, aged 18, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1850 2
- Adolph Kauffmann, who landed in Galveston, Tex in 1850 2
- Andreas Kauffmann, aged 32, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1850 2
| Contemporary Notables of the name Kauffmann (post 1700) | + |
- Angelica Kauffmann (1741-1807), Swiss-Austrian painter, born at Coire, the capital of the Grisons, 30 Oct. 1741, and baptised by the names of Maria Anna Angelica, the only daughter of Johann Josef Kauffmann, a native of Schwarzenberg, near Bregenz 3
- Stanley Kauffmann (b. 1916), long-time film critic for The New Republic
- Léon Kauffmann (1869-1952), the 12th Prime Minister of Luxembourg
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- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- Wikisource contributors. "Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900." Wikisource . Wikisource , 4 Jun. 2018. Web. 26 October 2020
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