Last Name PERRYMAN

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The servant of Perry, i.e. Peter. No relation with teh growth or sale of pears, or the making of perry. Also 'a man who looked fter the pear orchard.'
Origin English, Native American, Irish

Rank 3,638 (2000 US census) 2,541 (1990 US census)
Count 8,974 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 64.52%, or 5790 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 29.01%, or 2603 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.36%, or 32 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 1.34%, or 120 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.35%, or 211 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.43%, or 218 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


English surnames

English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...

Longest baby names

The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte


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