Maidman Surname

636,210th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 479 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Maidman Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Maymond'; v. Mayman. For corruption into -merit, compare Rayment (Raymond) and Garment (Garmund); for -man, compare Wyman (Wymond) and Osman (Osmund).

1744. Married — John Maidman and Elizabeth Anderson: St.

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Maidman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1491:373,94726,392
United States1431:2,534,678154,329
Indonesia431:3,075,563171,061
Netherlands431:392,72541,894
Canada331:1,116,53381,834
South Africa261:2,083,75892,464
Israel191:450,40234,739
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England901:270,83719,067
Wales71:224,0598,079
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Maidman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Maymond'; v. Mayman. For corruption into -merit, compare Rayment (Raymond) and Garment (Garmund); for -man, compare Wyman (Wymond) and Osman (Osmund).

1744. Married — John Maidman and Elizabeth Anderson: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

1749. — John Maidman and Ann Walker: St. George, Hanover Square.

1802. — Moses Lavell and Ann Maidment: ibid.

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

(English) 1 Meadow-Man [Old Englishmǽd mead(ow + mann] 2 confused with the succeeding name.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

The name Maidman takes this form in the parish register of Gressage All-Saints.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The same as Maidment; from Anglo-Saxon mœd-man, a hireling (med, wages); or, perhaps, rather from mœd-man, a meadow man (perhaps a mower). Medeman was an Old German name of the ninth century.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Maidman Last Name Facts

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

The last name Maidman is most common in England. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Maidman? popularity and diffusion

It is the 636,210th most numerous family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 15,214,083 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 42 percent of Maidman live; 37 percent live in North America and 36 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Maidman is most frequently used in England, where it is carried by 149 people, or 1 in 373,947. In England Maidman is primarily concentrated in: Dorset, where 23 percent are found, Greater London, where 17 percent are found and Essex, where 15 percent are found. Without taking into account England Maidman exists in 14 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 30 percent are found and Indonesia, where 9 percent are found.

Maidman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Maidman has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Maidman surname increased 166 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 14,300 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it declined 71 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Maidman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Maidman last name are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 75% being registered with the political party.

The amount Maidman earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 4.89% less than the national average, earning R 226,020 per year; in United States they earn 64.69% more than the national average, earning $71,064 USD per year and in Canada they earn 70.62% more than the national average, earning $84,769 CAD per year.

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