Coleman Surname
Approximately 364,938 people bear this surname
Coleman Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Coleman,' the German form of Columba (Yonge). Nov. 1 with Germans is St. Colman's Day. But it is not a later immigration, for Coleman or Colemannus is a Domesday personal name.
Read More About This SurnameColeman Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 279,161 | 1:1,298 | 92 |
| England | 32,376 | 1:1,721 | 200 |
| Australia | 16,820 | 1:1,605 | 189 |
| Canada | 7,480 | 1:4,926 | 712 |
| Ireland | 6,219 | 1:757 | 131 |
| Liberia | 3,866 | 1:1,140 | 156 |
| South Africa | 3,151 | 1:17,194 | 2,162 |
| New Zealand | 2,696 | 1:1,680 | 209 |
| Jamaica | 1,725 | 1:1,664 | 280 |
| Wales | 1,541 | 1:2,008 | 199 |
| Scotland | 1,527 | 1:3,506 | 612 |
| Northern Ireland | 985 | 1:1,873 | 388 |
| Belize | 883 | 1:403 | 71 |
| Nicaragua | 761 | 1:7,912 | 638 |
| Honduras | 527 | 1:16,729 | 781 |
| Nigeria | 471 | 1:376,099 | 20,048 |
| Thailand | 414 | 1:170,624 | 27,488 |
| Israel | 402 | 1:21,288 | 3,163 |
| France | 376 | 1:176,656 | 27,509 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Germany | 238 | 1:338,258 | 33,254 |
| Ghana | 212 | 1:127,456 | 11,367 |
| Spain | 204 | 1:229,177 | 15,107 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Namibia | 133 | 1:18,116 | 3,169 |
| Mexico | 122 | 1:1,017,428 | 13,258 |
| Sweden | 92 | 1:107,030 | 7,712 |
| Brazil | 88 | 1:2,432,663 | 74,473 |
| Belgium | 84 | 1:136,865 | 19,611 |
| Isle of Man | 83 | 1:1,034 | 158 |
| Netherlands | 83 | 1:203,460 | 28,061 |
| Dominican Republic | 77 | 1:135,493 | 5,426 |
| Japan | 77 | 1:1,660,315 | 25,506 |
| Zimbabwe | 77 | 1:200,497 | 23,224 |
| Papua New Guinea | 75 | 1:108,716 | 14,715 |
| Portugal | 75 | 1:138,910 | 6,177 |
| Russia | 71 | 1:2,029,902 | 125,931 |
| Philippines | 69 | 1:1,467,221 | 103,651 |
| Singapore | 68 | 1:80,996 | 3,278 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 64 | 1:91 | 22 |
| Cayman Islands | 52 | 1:1,229 | 159 |
| Switzerland | 51 | 1:161,038 | 15,036 |
| Chile | 49 | 1:359,520 | 9,978 |
| Bahamas | 48 | 1:8,161 | 696 |
| Argentina | 41 | 1:1,042,522 | 64,438 |
| Denmark | 39 | 1:144,736 | 12,759 |
| Jersey | 39 | 1:2,544 | 430 |
| Guyana | 33 | 1:23,098 | 2,756 |
| Italy | 33 | 1:1,853,233 | 86,897 |
| Ecuador | 30 | 1:530,195 | 11,121 |
| Guernsey | 29 | 1:2,222 | 539 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| China | 28 | 1:48,832,913 | 2,633 |
| Panama | 28 | 1:139,724 | 4,684 |
| Barbados | 25 | 1:11,498 | 820 |
| Costa Rica | 25 | 1:191,203 | 2,498 |
| Sierra Leone | 25 | 1:283,585 | 406 |
| Malta | 24 | 1:17,928 | 1,021 |
| Peru | 24 | 1:1,324,338 | 21,383 |
| Estonia | 23 | 1:57,470 | 10,794 |
| Malaysia | 23 | 1:1,282,358 | 54,976 |
| Norway | 23 | 1:223,578 | 24,793 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 23 | 1:4,799 | 753 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Bermuda | 19 | 1:3,436 | 515 |
| South Korea | 19 | 1:2,696,856 | 537 |
| Cyprus | 16 | 1:55,305 | 5,325 |
| Hong Kong | 16 | 1:458,468 | 3,288 |
| Afghanistan | 15 | 1:2,143,546 | 15,005 |
| Austria | 15 | 1:567,696 | 52,281 |
| Finland | 15 | 1:366,447 | 25,366 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 14 | 1:3,899 | 389 |
| Czechia | 13 | 1:817,959 | 70,223 |
| Poland | 13 | 1:2,923,750 | 116,258 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 12 | 1:2,861 | 345 |
| Lebanon | 11 | 1:512,462 | 12,816 |
| Gibraltar | 10 | 1:3,395 | 741 |
| Belarus | 9 | 1:1,055,673 | 72,859 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
| Kazakhstan | 7 | 1:2,526,071 | 102,287 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| Colombia | 6 | 1:7,962,345 | 23,614 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 1:227,329 | 10,175 |
| Uruguay | 6 | 1:571,960 | 26,877 |
| Anguilla | 5 | 1:2,687 | 256 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Marshall Islands | 5 | 1:10,364 | 1,309 |
| Sudan | 5 | 1:7,502,039 | 8,188 |
| Togo | 5 | 1:1,449,554 | 8,113 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Armenia | 4 | 1:732,545 | 11,666 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Bolivia | 3 | 1:3,538,811 | 11,393 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Egypt | 3 | 1:30,645,251 | 132,600 |
| Guatemala | 3 | 1:5,360,889 | 8,925 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Norfolk Island | 3 | 1:765 | 177 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Bangladesh | 2 | 1:79,678,386 | 25,993 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| Ethiopia | 2 | 1:48,773,131 | 29,601 |
| Gambia | 2 | 1:961,726 | 1,013 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Saint Lucia | 2 | 1:89,390 | 2,918 |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | 1:10,404,280 | 18,448 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Falkland Islands | 1 | 1:3,132 | 317 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4,684 | 1:946 | 159 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 14,199 | 1:1,717 | 217 |
| Wales | 421 | 1:3,725 | 253 |
| Scotland | 305 | 1:12,273 | 1,471 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:8,164 | 1,328 |
| Isle of Man | 3 | 1:18,090 | 1,402 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 45,989 | 1:1,092 | 93 |
Coleman (10,628) may also be a first name.
Coleman Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Coleman,' the German form of Columba (Yonge). Nov. 1 with Germans is St. Colman's Day. But it is not a later immigration, for Coleman or Colemannus is a Domesday personal name. It is purely English (v. Coulman).
Robert fil. Colman, 33 Henry II: Westm. and Cumb.
Robert fil. Coleman, ;176: The Pipe Rolls, or Sheriff's Annual Accounts of the Counties of Cumberland, Westmorland and Durham during the reigns of Henry II, Richard I and John.
Coleman le Hen, Suffolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Editha Colman, Oxfordshire, ibid.
Martin Coleman, London, ibid.
Matilda Colman, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
1551. Married — Thomas Tanfelde and Margarett Colman: St. Michael, Cornhill.
1595. Baptised — -Johane, d. George Coleman: St. James, Clerkenwell.
(English) the Domesday Coleman, Anglo-Saxon Colman. See under Cole (English), and + Old English man(n. (Irish) the Irish Colman, Coleman = Dove [Irish colum, a dove + the diminutive suff. -án] The original and proper Irish native name of the great St, Columbanus is Colman. There are more than one hundred Irish saints Colman, all = Colton + an.—Joyce.
A well known English name. In Ireland it is usually the anglicized form of O’Colman, q.v
“Charcoal Burner”. Compare “Collier”.
(English, Irish) Servant of Cole, pet form of Nicholas (people, victory); descendant of Coleman or Colman (little dove); an Anglicized form of Kuhlman, q.v.
An ancient Anglo-Saxon personal name mentioned by Bede. Coleman and Colemannus in Domesd. Probably derived from the occupation of charcoal burning, and synonymous with Collier.
A dealer or workman in coals. Gaelic, Colman, a dove.
Coleman Demographics
Coleman Religious Adherence
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Coleman Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Coleman Come From? nationality or country of origin
Coleman (Arabic: كلمن) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Coleman? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,469th most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,969 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Coleman reside; 73 percent reside in North America and 73 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 58,809th most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 10,628 people.
Coleman is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 279,161 people, or 1 in 1,298. In The United States Coleman is mostly found in: Texas, where 9 percent reside, Georgia, where 6 percent reside and Florida, where 5 percent reside. Other than The United States this surname occurs in 165 countries. It is also common in England, where 9 percent reside and Australia, where 5 percent reside.
Coleman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Coleman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Coleman surname expanded 607 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 228 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 133 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 366 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 501 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Coleman Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Catholic (90%) in Ireland, Orthodox (50%) in Russia and Melkite Greek Catholic (57%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Coleman surname are 5.55% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.32% being registered with the political party.
The amount Coleman earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 82.6% more than the national average, earning 631,943 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 52.18% more than the national average, earning R 361,644 per year; in United States they earn 8.38% less than the national average, earning $39,534 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.05% more than the national average, earning $52,190 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Coleman Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Coleman in the Arabic language | ||
| كلمن | klmn | - |
| كولمان | kwlman | - |
| كولمن | kwlmn | - |
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Coleman Reference & Research
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