The NORMAN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	65,269	461	0.024	242
United States (1880 census)	11,730	504	0.023	235
Change since 1880	+53539	+43	+0.001	+7
Other Countries
Australia	4,281	341	0.026	262
United Kingdom	18,673	295	0.041	407

Top States for NORMAN by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Texas	5,330	462	0.026	256
California	4,522	721	0.013	134
North Carolina	4,350	231	0.054	540
Florida	4,236	444	0.027	265
Georgia	3,402	287	0.042	416
Top States for NORMAN by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
North Carolina	4,350	231	0.054	540
Tennessee	2,836	295	0.050	498
Arkansas	1,160	283	0.043	434
Georgia	3,402	287	0.042	416
Oklahoma	1,247	354	0.036	361

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

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

Classification and Origin of NORMAN

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the NORMAN 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 NORMAN 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 NORMAN in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Native American/Alaskan	398	0.61
Asian/Pacific	274	0.42
White (Caucasian)	46,720	71.58
Black/African American	15,749	24.13
Mixed Race	1,116	1.71
White (Hispanic)	1,005	1.54

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

Meaning of NORMAN in historical publications

NORMAN. Northman or Norman was the generic name of the Norwegians. After the settlement of the Viking)' aud their followers in various parts of England,. Scotland, Neustrja, &c., it was often assumed as a personal name. Jlany of the tenants in Domesday are called Norman and Normannus. See Normanby.

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

A native of Normandy, a northman. The inhabitants of Sweden, Denmark, and Norway were anciently so called.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

Similar names to NORMAN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as NORMAN.

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.