Find out how popular the last name Alleman is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Alleman.

Alleman, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Alleman surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Alleman in America

Alleman is the 7690th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Alleman surname appeared 4,318 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Alleman.

We can also compare 2010 data for Alleman to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Alleman

The surname ALLEMAN originated in Germany and the Netherlands in the 12th century. It is derived from the Old Germanic word "alli" meaning "other" or "foreign", and "man" meaning "man". The name likely referred to someone who was a foreigner or from another region.

In early records, the name was spelled various ways such as Alleman, Allemann, Aleman, and Allemannus. It appeared in the Codex Diplomaticus Saxoniae Regiae in 1192, a collection of early Saxon records. The name was also found in the Liber Censuum, a 13th century tax record from the Archdiocese of Cologne.

One of the earliest recorded individuals with this surname was Johannes Alleman, a scholar and clergyman from Aachen, Germany, who lived from 1190 to 1262. Another early bearer was Hildegard Alleman, a nun and writer from the Rhineland region, who lived from 1220 to 1281.

In the 14th century, the name was found in the Polyptyque de Remi, a land survey from the Abbey of Saint-Remi in Reims, France, indicating the surname had spread to that region. Gottfried Alleman, a merchant and burgher from Basel, Switzerland, was recorded in 1362.

During the 15th century, the surname appeared in England. John Alleman, a clergyman from Yorkshire, was mentioned in the Rotuli Parliamentorum in 1439. In the 16th century, Hans Alleman, a printer and publisher from Nuremberg, Germany, was active from 1520 to 1589.

Other notable individuals with this surname include Heinrich Alleman (1582-1629), a German composer and organist, and Jan Alleman (1670-1725), a Dutch Golden Age painter known for his landscapes and seascapes.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Alleman

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Alleman.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Alleman was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Alleman has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Alleman was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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