Shipman Surname

22,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24,323 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Shipman Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the shipman,' a sailor, one who worked aboard a ship. 'Schypmanne, nauta': Promptorium Parvulorum I cannot find Sailor in our nomenclature; Mariner and Shipman were the usual terms.

'A shipman was ther woned fer by West He knew wel alle the havens as they were, Fro' Gotland to the Cape do Finisterre.

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Shipman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States19,9901:18,1322,297
England1,9501:28,5733,861
Israel9641:8,8771,379
Canada5441:67,7317,803
Australia4091:66,0047,876
New Zealand1031:43,9647,284
South Africa871:622,73246,743
France581:1,145,219121,886
Wales511:60,6775,433
Scotland381:140,8908,524
Ireland151:313,92910,911
Netherlands121:1,407,26575,423
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Guam81:20,0153,029
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Northern Ireland31:615,01218,081
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,1021:22,1193,115
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,9301:12,7781,643

Shipman (40) may also be a first name.

Shipman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the shipman,' a sailor, one who worked aboard a ship. 'Schypmanne, nauta': Promptorium Parvulorum I cannot find Sailor in our nomenclature; Mariner and Shipman were the usual terms.

'A shipman was ther woned fer by West He knew wel alle the havens as they were, Fro' Gotland to the Cape do Finisterre.' - Chaucer's C. T., Prologue.

Hugh le Schipman, Close Rolls, 36 Henry III.

William Schippeman, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Alexander Schipman. Rolls of Parliament.

Willelmus de Seyton, schypmane, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Robertus Shypman, 1179: ibid.

Richard Harman, shippeman, 1379: ibid.

Willelmus Shipman, 1379: ibid.

1602. William Shipman, of Bristol: Register of the University of Oxford.

1756. Married — John Shipman and Mary Tillie: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) 1 Sailor, Skipper [Middle English s(c)hiptnan, Old English scipmann] A shipman was ther, wonynge [dwelling] fer by weste; For aught I woot he was of Dertemouthe. —Chaucer, Prol. Cant. Tales, A 388-9.

(occasionally) 2 Sheep - Man, i.e. Shepherd [Old English scéap, scíp + mann]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who worked on a ship, seaman or sailor; one who had the care of sheep, a shepherd.

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

(English) Dweller at the sign of the ship; one who worked on a ship, a sailor.

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

Shipman: a merchant sea-captain. One was among the Canterbury pilgrims: “The hoote somer hadde maad his hew at broun, and certlinly he was a good felawe.”

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Shipman Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shipman (Arabic: شبمان, Russian: Шипман) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shipman? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 22,341st most widespread last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 299,615 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 74 percent of Shipman reside; 74 percent reside in North America and 74 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,614,485th most numerous first name globally, borne by 40 people.

The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 19,990 people, or 1 in 18,132. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 13 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and North Carolina, where 7 percent live. Beside The United States Shipman occurs in 50 countries. It also occurs in England, where 8 percent live and Israel, where 4 percent live.

Shipman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Shipman has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Shipman surname expanded 509 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 177 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 2,550 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 1,267 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Shipman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Shipman surname are 37.28% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 90.51% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Shipman earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 14.74% less than the national average, earning R 202,620 per year; in United States they earn 4.43% less than the national average, earning $41,236 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.55% less than the national average, earning $49,410 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Shipman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shipman in the Russian language
Шипманsipman-
Shipman in the Arabic language
شبمانshbman-

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Shipman Reference & Research

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