Last Name DEDMAN

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Meaning Local: Of Debenham, a parish in diocese of Norwich. It is absolutely certain that Deadman is a variant. The steps of corruption were as follows: Debenham, Debnam, Deadnam, and Deadman. It is one more case of imitation, for which there is such a strange tendency in nomenclature. Similar corructions have happened in Putman for Puttenham, Twyman for Twinehan, Buckman for Backenham, etc.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 20,785 (2000 US census) 19,733 (1990 US census)
Count 1,181 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 75.78%, or 895 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 3.98%, or 47 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.42%, or 5 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 15.83%, or 187 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.46%, or 29 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.52%, or 18 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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