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
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Coleman Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Coleman Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Coleman (Arabic: كلمن) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Coleman? popularity and diffusion
The surname Coleman is the 1,469th most frequently held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 19,969 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Coleman live; 73 percent live in North America and 73 percent live in Anglo-North America. Coleman is also the 58,809th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world. It is borne by 10,628 people.
It is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 279,161 people, or 1 in 1,298. In The United States it is most numerous in: Texas, where 9 percent live, Georgia, where 6 percent live and Florida, where 5 percent live. Outside of The United States it is found in 165 countries. It is also found in England, where 9 percent live and Australia, where 5 percent live.
Coleman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Coleman has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Coleman surname increased 607 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 228 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 133 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it increased 366 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 501 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Coleman Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Coleman surname is principally Catholic (90%) in Ireland, Orthodox (50%) in Russia and Melkite Greek Catholic (57%) in Lebanon.
In The United States Coleman are 5.55% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 52.32% 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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