Deadman Surname

123,412th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,700 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Norfolk Island

Deadman Surname Definition:

Said to be corruption forms of Debenham, q.v.

Deadman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,7521:31,8034,240
Bangladesh4511:353,3419,758
United States3471:1,044,55076,531
Iran3271:234,80918,106
New Zealand2191:20,6773,621
Canada2061:178,86217,839
Australia1921:140,60315,124
India651:11,801,006214,148
Russia331:4,367,365205,470
Scotland211:254,94412,577
Wales181:171,91811,581
France101:6,642,272293,169
Northern Ireland91:205,0049,958
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Oman41:921,9937,313
Norfolk Island31:765177
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland91:492,20716,355
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,1761:20,7272,929
Scotland61:623,86916,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3701:135,72612,894

Deadman (70) may also be a first name.

Deadman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Said to be corruption forms of Debenham, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A known corruption of Debenham. In Sussex it is further corrupted to Deadly.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Lower says this is a known corruption of Debenham (co. Suffolk), and that in Sussex it is further corrupted to Deadly.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From the Old Norse, Þjoðmar; from the Danish, Dettmer; from the Dutch, Dettman; from the German, Dittmann, Dittmer, Tiedemann; in the Domesday Book, Dodeman, Dudeman.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Deadman Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Deadman Come From? nationality or country of origin

Deadman (Russian: Деадман) is most common in England. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Deadman? popularity and diffusion

It is the 123,412th most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,969,607 people. The last name Deadman is predominantly found in Europe, where 50 percent of Deadman reside; 49 percent reside in Northern Europe and 49 percent reside in British Isles. Deadman is also the 1,162,016th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 70 people.

It is most commonly used in England, where it is held by 1,752 people, or 1 in 31,803. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Greater London, where 16 percent live, Kent, where 14 percent live and Hampshire, where 8 percent live. Other than England it exists in 46 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 12 percent live and The United States, where 9 percent live.

Deadman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Deadman has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Deadman last name increased 149 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it declined 6 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 350 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 89 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Deadman Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Deadman surname are 23.82% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 70.59% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Deadman earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 16.55% more than the national average, earning $50,290 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.89% more than the national average, earning $51,618 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Deadmann930/
Dedman923,664/
Dadman92166/
Dadmand86784/
Deadmon86359/
Deedman86150/
Dedmann8616/
Dadmane860/
Dedmand860/
Deddman860/
Deadmond80404/
Diedmann806/
Daudmann803/
Dhadmane801/
Doedmann800/
Dedmon772,606/
Didman7725/
Dadmon770/
Dedmond71333/
Dedmone7111/
Dadmond712/
Doudman711/
Daudmon711/
Deathdemon711/
Dedmont710/
Desdmon710/
Diddman710/
Dedmondt675/
D'Edmond671/
Djdmatin671/
Diadmond670/
Didmon6243/
Dadmom6229/
Dedmom623/
Didmond570/

Deadman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Deadman in the Russian language
Деадманdeadman-

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