Last Name NORMAN

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Meaning Local: The Norman, i.e. north man. The English surname may imply either a Norman from Normandy or from Norway. Also 'the son of Norman.' The root is the same. From a national the term became a personal name. As such it became a component of many local names, such as Normanby, Normanton, Normanvill, Normancote, Normansell, etc, perpetuating the name of the original settler.
A native of Normandy, a northman. The inhabitants of Sweden, Denmark, and Norway were anciently so called.
Origin English, Scottish, Jewish, Arabic, Spanish, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Irish, Lebanese, Falkland, Maori, Belgian, Zimbabwean, South african, Hungarian

Rank 461 (2000 US census) 396 (1990 US census)
Count 65,269 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 71.58%, or 46720 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 24.13%, or 15749 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.42%, or 274 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.61%, or 398 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.71%, or 1116 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.54%, or 1005 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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