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The harman Surname

harman Name Meaning and History

  1. English (mainly southeast), French, German (Harmann) and Dutch: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements heri, hari ‘army’ + man ‘man’ (see Hermann). In England this name was introduced by the Normans.
  2. Irish: generally of English origin (see 1); but sometimes also used as a variant of Hardiman, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hArgadáin (see Hargadon).
  3. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): of uncertain origin; perhaps a nickname for someone with a copious or noticeable head of hair (see Haar).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of harman Families in the US in 1920
Number of harman families
 226-449
 76-225		 1-75
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