Gelfand

English

Etymology

Variant of Helfand.

Proper noun

Gelfand (plural Gelfands)

1. A surname from Yiddish.

Derived terms

• Gelfand pair
• Gelfand representation
• Gelfand triple

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gelfand is the 19234^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1410 individuals. Gelfand is most common among White (96.52%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gelfand”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 28.

Anagrams

• fangled, flanged