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The kelman Surname

kelman Name Meaning and History

  1. Scottish: according to Black, a habitational name from a place in Aberdeenshire named Kelman.
  2. English: occupational name for a maker of caps or cauls, from Middle English kelle + man.
  3. English: perhaps an occupational name for a bargeman, from Middle English kele ‘ship’, ‘barge’. Compare Keeler.
  4. Americanized spelling of German Kellman.
  5. Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the male personal name Kelman, a variant of Kalman.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of kelman Families in the US in 1920
Number of kelman families
 18-33
 7-17
 1-6
 0
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