Smallman Surname

96,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,908 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Smallman Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the small man' small of stature; compare Small, Bigg, Little, Longfellow, Longman.

Richard Smaleman, Suffolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Alan Smalman, Pardons Rolls, 6 Richard II.

1590.

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Smallman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,3451:23,7603,296
United States1,2601:287,66626,744
Australia3711:72,7658,563
Canada3471:106,18311,435
Wales2371:13,0571,448
New Zealand1281:35,3786,076
South Africa811:668,86148,796
Northern Ireland311:59,5174,663
Scotland231:232,77511,829
Trinidad and Tobago171:80,2345,870
Cyprus141:63,2056,078
Israel101:855,76354,181
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Liberia61:734,75629,369
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
France11:66,422,722504,397
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland421:105,4736,604
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9481:25,7123,532
Scotland231:162,7496,621
Wales131:120,6475,000
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1451:346,33626,593

Smallman (54) may also be a first name.

Smallman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'the small man' small of stature; compare Small, Bigg, Little, Longfellow, Longman.

Richard Smaleman, Suffolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Alan Smalman, Pardons Rolls, 6 Richard II.

1590. Francis Smalman, Salop: Register of the University of Oxford.

1605. Baptised — William, s. William Smalman: St. James, Clerkenwell.

— Married — John Smalmanne to Elizabeth Tenche: St. Peter Cornhill.

1790. Married — Edmund Smallman and. Jane Parkeman: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) Little or Slender Man [v. Small, and + mann]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A person of diminutive stature. H.R. Smaleman.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Smallman Last Name Facts

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

Smallman is found most in England. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Smallman? popularity and diffusion

The last name Smallman is the 96,827th most frequently held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,484,830 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 54 percent of Smallman live; 54 percent live in Northern Europe and 54 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 1,350,955th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 54 people.

This last name is most common in England, where it is borne by 2,345 people, or 1 in 23,760. In England Smallman is most frequent in: West Midlands, where 16 percent live, Staffordshire, where 14 percent live and Shropshire, where 10 percent live. Other than England Smallman is found in 31 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 26 percent live and Australia, where 8 percent live.

Smallman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Smallman has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Smallman surname rose 247 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 869 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it rose 1,823 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 98 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Smallman Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Smallman surname is primarily Anglican (83%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Smallman last name are 1.82% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55.05% registered with the party.

The amount Smallman earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 54.34% more than the national average, earning R 366,780 per year; in United States they earn 0.64% less than the national average, earning $42,871 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.59% less than the national average, earning $44,420 CAD per year.

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