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The HORSEMAN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 728 30324 0 3
United States (1880 census) 441 10684 0.001 9
Change since 1880 +287 -19640 +N/A -6
Other Countries
Australia 66 20394 0 4
United Kingdom 687 7011 0.001 15
Top States for HORSEMAN by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Maryland 136 4689 0.003 26
Kentucky 83 5402 0.002 21
Ohio 64 21026 0.001 6
Missouri 49 14381 0.001 9
Florida 40 40030 0.000 3
Top States for HORSEMAN by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Maryland 136 4689 0.003 26
Kentucky 83 5402 0.002 21
Delaware 14 10242 0.002 18
Montana 10 14952 0.001 11
Kansas 26 12641 0.001 10

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

Classification and Origin of HORSEMAN

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 HORSEMAN 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 HORSEMAN 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 HORSEMAN in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 667 91.62
Native American/Alaskan 35 4.81
White (Hispanic) 11 1.51
Mixed Race 9 1.24
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 HORSEMAN surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of HORSEMAN 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 HORSEMAN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as HORSEMAN.

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 HORSEMAN

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