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The HORSMAN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,429 18008 0.001 5
United States (1880 census) 266 15627 0.001 5
Change since 1880 +1163 -2381 0 0
Other Countries
Australia 118 12295 0.001 7
United Kingdom 1,307 4210 0.003 28
Top States for HORSMAN by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Minnesota 233 2376 0.005 47
Massachusetts 99 7294 0.002 16
Florida 87 17472 0.001 5
California 84 24276 0.000 2
Maryland 73 6974 0.001 14
Top States for HORSMAN by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Minnesota 233 2376 0.005 47
Rhode Island 20 6940 0.002 19
Massachusetts 99 7294 0.002 16
Maryland 73 6974 0.001 14
Delaware 10 11187 0.001 13

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called HORSMAN live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called HORSMAN represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called HORSMAN in Minnesota than any other state, but you are more likely to find a HORSMAN by picking someone at random in Minnesota than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of HORSMAN

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Occupational Name

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the HORSMAN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the HORSMAN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of HORSMAN in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Native American/Alaskan 25 1.75
Mixed Race 19 1.33
White (Hispanic) 17 1.19
White (Caucasian) 1,353 94.68
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Black/African American Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the HORSMAN surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of HORSMAN in historical publications

HORSEMAN. HORSMAN. Either a chevalier as distinguished from a footsoldier, or a keeper of horses. In H.R. we have one Arjnes le Horseman — doubtless a clever Amazon.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to HORSMAN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as HORSMAN.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for HORSMAN

The following words are slight variants of HORSMAN that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.