Packman Surname

169,884th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,539 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Packman Surname Definition:

Occup 'the packman'; v. Packer, (a) Occup. a variant of Pakeman, which see.

1580. Arthur Gynne and Mary Packeman: Marriage Lic. (London).

1669. Married — Richard Pacman and Saray Pane: St. James, Clerkenwell.

Packman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,1221:49,6606,171
United States8781:412,82335,884
Canada1631:226,04721,702
Australia1191:226,85521,510
New Zealand671:67,58710,255
Wales421:73,6796,340
South Africa401:1,354,44373,245
Scotland231:232,77511,829
Guernsey221:2,929767
Sri Lanka91:2,312,0629,186
Spain91:5,194,67182,436
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
China41:341,830,39216,990
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
France11:66,422,722504,397
Fiji11:894,3914,568
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6841:35,6374,648
Scotland371:101,1685,037
Wales151:104,5614,503
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1181:425,58231,158

Packman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Occup 'the packman'; v. Packer, (a) Occup. a variant of Pakeman, which see.

1580. Arthur Gynne and Mary Packeman: Marriage Lic. (London).

1669. Married — Richard Pacman and Saray Pane: St. James, Clerkenwell.

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

(English) Pedlar [v. under Pack(e (English), and + man] [PACY] (French-Latin) belonging to Pacy (Normandy) = Pac(c)ius’ Estate [M.Latin Pac(c)iacum-ác-um, the Latin - Gaulish possess. suff.] Cp. Pass(e)y.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

In various provincial dialects, a pedlar, whose bundle is called a pack. "We do present Jane Frye to be a pickry, (pilferer) viz. for steyling of a pedler's pac." Town records of Seaford, Sussex, temp. Queen Elizabeth.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the Flemish, Packman; from the German, Pachmann; a personal name.

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

Packman Last Name Facts

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

The surname Packman is most common in England. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Packman? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 169,884th most commonly occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 2,870,243 people. The surname Packman occurs mostly in Europe, where 49 percent of Packman live; 48 percent live in Northern Europe and 48 percent live in British Isles.

It is most frequently held in England, where it is borne by 1,122 people, or 1 in 49,660. In England Packman is most frequent in: Kent, where 26 percent are found, Greater London, where 18 percent are found and Essex, where 8 percent are found. Excluding England Packman exists in 33 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 35 percent are found and Canada, where 6 percent are found.

Packman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Packman has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Packman last name rose 164 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 744 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it rose 280 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it decreased 38 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Packman Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Packman surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Packman are 44.36% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 97.59% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Packman earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 241.76% more than the national average, earning R 812,160 per year; in United States they earn 29.81% more than the national average, earning $56,011 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.34% more than the national average, earning $51,344 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Packmann936/
Peackman930/
Pakman92265/
Pacman92146/
Peckman86714/
Peakman86596/
Paukman8642/
Pockman8625/
Phakman8618/
Pakhman8614/
Pakmand865/
Paikman861/
Peckmann80453/
Päckmann806/
Pockmann802/
Pakhmand801/
Pahkhman801/
Peakmain801/
Peickman801/
Pecman77126/
Pekman7785/
Pokman777/
Pocman772/
Paqman772/
Pakmon771/
Peuckmann7584/
Phakmon7191/
Pakhmanova7128/
Peekman7119/
Pecmann7114/
Pookman719/
Pokhman716/
Pekhman715/
Pekmann711/
Pokmann711/
Puikman710/
Peekmann6755/
Pakhmein6751/
Peukmann6719/
Peikmane673/
Pohcmann671/
Poshcmann631/
Pokmam621/
Pokhmanova591/
Phokmon5765/
Pookmont5311/

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