Last Name SPELMAN

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Meaning The son of Sileman. It is very tempting to set the name beside Speller, but saving in one or two cases all the entries in the Hundred Rolls have it Spileman, without prefix 'le.' It must go as a personal name with Bateman, Tiddiman, etc.
From 'Spillemand,' a fiddler. 'Spille,' to game, to play.
Origin English, Danish, Irish, Flemish

Rank 25,199 (2000 US census) 21,875 (1990 US census)
Count 923 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 94.15%, or 869 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • 1.73%, or 16 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.3%, or 12 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.3%, or 12 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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