Seaman Surname
Approximately 29,476 people bear this surname
Seaman Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. —the son of Seman'.
John fil. Semanni, 1169: Hodgson's History of Northumberland.
Seman de Reston, Suffolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Seman le Carpenter, Suffolk, ibid.
Read More About This SurnameSeaman Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18,204 | 1:19,911 | 2,508 |
| England | 4,943 | 1:11,272 | 1,668 |
| Australia | 1,752 | 1:15,409 | 2,187 |
| Canada | 1,196 | 1:30,807 | 4,017 |
| Nigeria | 898 | 1:197,264 | 11,843 |
| South Africa | 566 | 1:95,720 | 11,679 |
| Dominica | 352 | 1:216 | 54 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| New Zealand | 170 | 1:26,637 | 4,667 |
| Scotland | 140 | 1:38,242 | 3,652 |
| Mexico | 115 | 1:1,079,358 | 13,690 |
| Wales | 113 | 1:27,385 | 2,827 |
| Ecuador | 73 | 1:217,888 | 8,098 |
| Honduras | 66 | 1:133,582 | 1,894 |
| Chile | 56 | 1:314,580 | 8,983 |
| Northern Ireland | 40 | 1:46,126 | 4,031 |
| Ireland | 39 | 1:120,742 | 6,025 |
| Botswana | 39 | 1:56,075 | 10,323 |
| Argentina | 38 | 1:1,124,827 | 67,975 |
| Iraq | 37 | 1:946,531 | 12,381 |
| Russia | 37 | 1:3,895,218 | 191,585 |
| French Polynesia | 25 | 1:11,232 | 2,339 |
| Ivory Coast | 24 | 1:961,301 | 23,927 |
| Bermuda | 24 | 1:2,720 | 427 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 23 | 1:4,312 | 570 |
| Thailand | 20 | 1:3,531,917 | 315,217 |
| France | 20 | 1:3,321,136 | 213,627 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Brazil | 14 | 1:15,291,024 | 280,658 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Austria | 7 | 1:1,216,491 | 80,919 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 5 | 1:22,075 | 2,767 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1:758,647 | 25,175 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3 | 1:37,553 | 1,173 |
| Saint Lucia | 3 | 1:59,594 | 2,472 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| El Salvador | 3 | 1:2,114,629 | 5,401 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 31 | 1:142,899 | 7,868 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,293 | 1:10,630 | 1,615 |
| Wales | 23 | 1:68,192 | 3,286 |
| Scotland | 20 | 1:187,161 | 7,190 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:32,656 | 2,283 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:54,269 | 2,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,943 | 1:10,160 | 1,321 |
Seaman (6,239) may also be a first name.
Seaman Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. —the son of Seman'.
John fil. Semanni, 1169: Hodgson's History of Northumberland.
Seman de Reston, Suffolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Seman le Carpenter, Suffolk, ibid.
Seman Eche, Suffolk, ibid.
Herveus Seman, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Robert fil. Seman, Suffolk, ibid.
Seaman le Baylif. Placitorum in domo capitulari Westmonasteriensi.
Seaman Champane. Calendarium Inquisitionum Post Mortem.
Seman le Collar, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Robertus Saymon, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Semanns Joye: Pardons Roll, Richard II. Anno II, 1387-8.
1795. Married — Charles Button and Susan Seaman: St. George, Hanover Square.
(English) Sailor [Old English sǽmann (early used as a pers. name), sailor; also, later, pirate, Viking] Sæmann occurs in Domesday-Book. Seman is the usual13th-cent. formerly Occasionally this name may represent the Anglo-Saxon Sǽmund [Old English sǽ, sea+mund, protector] and Sigemund [Old English sige, victory]
(English) One who worked on a ship, a sailor; descendant of Siemond (victory, protector) or of Saemann (victory, man).
In Sussex and Kent, and probably in other counties, this name has been corrupted into Simmons. See Simmons. In the Domesday of Surrey there is a Seman, who held lands before the making of that record. Anglo-Saxon Sae-mann, a sailor.
A sailor, one who follows the sea.
From the Dutch, Seeman; a personal name.
Seaman was the name of a Mendlesham yeoman in 1557 (H.).
Seaman Demographics
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Seaman Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seaman Come From? nationality or country of origin
Seaman (Arabic: سيمان, Hindi: सेामन) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Seaman.
How Common Is The Last Name Seaman? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 18,698th most frequently occurring surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 247,237 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 68 percent of Seaman reside; 66 percent reside in North America and 66 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 83,547th most frequently occurring given name world-wide, borne by 6,239 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 18,204 people, or 1 in 19,911. In The United States it is primarily found in: California, where 9 percent are found, New York, where 9 percent are found and Pennsylvania, where 7 percent are found. Barring The United States Seaman occurs in 89 countries. It is also found in England, where 17 percent are found and Australia, where 6 percent are found.
Seaman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Seaman has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Seaman surname expanded 368 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 216 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 700 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 491 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 126 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Seaman Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Seaman last name is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Seaman surname are 14.15% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.92% registered with the political party.
The amount Seaman earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 42.91% more than the national average, earning R 339,612 per year; in United States they earn 4% more than the national average, earning $44,876 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.55% more than the national average, earning $52,936 CAD per year.
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Seaman Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seaman in the Hindi language | ||
| सेामन | seamana | - |
| Seaman in the Arabic language | ||
| سيمان | syman | - |
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