Flexman Surname

605,571st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 512 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Flexman Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation.

'the flaxman,' a dresser of flax.

Middle English, flax; Anglo-Saxon fleax (Skeat).

William Flexman, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Ralph le Flexman, Gloucestershire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp.

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Flexman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1611:346,07525,095
New Zealand1411:32,1165,589
United States1091:3,325,311189,554
Canada441:837,40065,151
Liberia261:169,55911,793
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
Wales51:618,90625,852
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England591:413,14224,536
Wales31:522,80514,314
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Flexman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation.

'the flaxman,' a dresser of flax.

Middle English, flax; Anglo-Saxon fleax (Skeat).

William Flexman, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Ralph le Flexman, Gloucestershire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

John Flexmon, Gloucestershire, ibid.

William Bancroft, flaxman, 1582: Preston Guild Rolls.

William Bancroft, flax-seller, 1562: ibid.

Ralph Lever, of Chorley, flaxman, 1663: Wills at Chester.

1706. Baptised — Jeremiah, son of Clousley Flaxman, and Annavick, his wife: St. Michael, Cornhill.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

= Flaxman, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who dressed or sold flax.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A dresser of flax, or a spinner. In old authors "flax-wife" signifies a female spinner who is married, probably to distinguish her from the spinster, or maiden of the distaff. The records of Castle Combe shew the existence in that district of a family who in the reign of Edw. III. were called Spondel, most probably a provincialism for "spindle," in allusion to the spinning trade carried on by them. One of the family is described as "Johannem Spoundel dictum Flexmangere," or fiax-monger, and twenty years later this person, or a descendant, is simply described as "Johannes Flexman." See Scrope's Hist, of Castle Combe, reviewed in Quarterly Rev., vol. xcii., p. 291.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Flexman Last Name Facts

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

The last name Flexman is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Flexman.

How Common Is The Last Name Flexman? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 605,571st most frequent surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 14,233,488 people. Flexman occurs mostly in Europe, where 33 percent of Flexman reside; 33 percent reside in Northern Europe and 32 percent reside in British Isles.

This surname is most frequently held in England, where it is held by 161 people, or 1 in 346,075. In England Flexman is most frequent in: Dorset, where 22 percent live, West Sussex, where 16 percent live and Somerset, where 9 percent live. Beside England this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in New Zealand, where 28 percent live and The United States, where 21 percent live.

Flexman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Flexman has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Flexman surname expanded 273 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 1,363 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 167 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Flexman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Flexman surname are 18.75% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.52% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Flexman earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 15.89% less than the national average, earning $36,294 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.26% more than the national average, earning $55,775 CAD per year.

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