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

Fleshman, 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 Fleshman surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Fleshman in America

Fleshman is the 11977th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Fleshman surname appeared 2,608 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 Fleshman.

We can also compare 2010 data for Fleshman 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 Fleshman

The surname Fleshman is of English origin, derived from the Old English words "flæsc" meaning flesh and "mann" meaning man. It likely originated as an occupational surname for a butcher or someone involved in the meat trade during the Middle Ages.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Fleshman can be found in the Subsidy Rolls of Bedfordshire in 1309, where a Robert Flessheman is listed. This suggests the name was already established in parts of England by the early 14th century.

In the 16th century, the surname appeared in various spellings such as Flessheman, Fleshman, and Flessman. The variant Fleshman seems to have become more standardized by the 17th century.

A notable early bearer of the name was John Fleshman, a merchant and alderman in the city of Norwich, England, who lived in the late 15th century. Records show he was involved in trade with the Netherlands and other parts of Europe.

During the English Civil War in the mid-17th century, a Captain Richard Fleshman served in the Parliamentarian forces under Oliver Cromwell. He is mentioned in records of the siege of Colchester in 1648.

In the late 18th century, a Samuel Fleshman was a prominent landowner and justice of the peace in Gloucestershire, England. His family's estate was located near the village of Painswick.

Another noteworthy individual was Sir William Fleshman, an English explorer and naturalist who embarked on expeditions to South America and the West Indies in the early 19th century. He was born in 1785 and published several books on his travels and observations of the natural world.

In the United States, one of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Fleshman is Jacob Fleshman, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1754. He later served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Fleshman

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

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 Fleshman 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 Fleshman 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 Fleshman was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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