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kirkman Name Meaning and History

  1. Northern English: from northern Middle English kirk ‘church’ + man ‘man’, hence an occupational name for a man who looked after a church.
  2. German (Kirkmann): see Kirchman.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The kirkman name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the kirkman family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of kirkman Families in the US in 1920
Number of kirkman families
 72-141
 25-71		 1-24
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 134 - Messages: 323
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Samuel & Susan Shoemaker Kirkman; Md Karen 9
KIRKMAN ONE NAME STUDY Tony_Kirkman 0
Lawrence Kirkman Dorothy Pointon 1
KIRKMAN DNA PROJECT GROUP Tony_Kirkman 2
KIRKMAN DNA PROJECT GROUP Tony_Kirkman 0
Kirkmans from Denmark Gene Burleson 1
KIRKMANs of LEICESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND Tony_Kirkman 7
KIRKMAN - John, son Henry born Alloa Scotland around 1830 kirkmansharon50 2
Squire Kirkman Marie 2
Kirkmans from Lancashire, England Trevor Kirkman 20
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