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

Shadman, 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 Shadman surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Shadman in America

Shadman is the 119508th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Shadman surname appeared 145 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Shadman.

We can also compare 2010 data for Shadman 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 Shadman

The surname SHADMAN has its origins in the Persian language and is believed to have first emerged in the region now known as Iran, dating back to the 9th or 10th century AD. The name is derived from the Persian word 'shad', meaning 'joy' or 'happiness', and the suffix 'man', meaning 'one who possesses'. Thus, the name SHADMAN would have originally referred to a person who was joyful or happy by nature.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in a manuscript from the late 11th century, which mentions a nobleman named Shadman Ibn Hasan, who served as a courtier in the court of the Seljuk Empire. This suggests that the name was already in use among the Persian nobility and upper classes during that time period.

The SHADMAN surname also appears in several historical documents and records from the 13th and 14th centuries, particularly in regions that were under the rule of the Ilkhanate, a Mongol dynasty that governed parts of modern-day Iran, Afghanistan, and Central Asia. One notable bearer of the name was Shadman al-Din, a renowned poet and scholar who lived in the city of Shiraz in the late 13th century.

During the Safavid Dynasty, which ruled over Persia from the 16th to the 18th century, the SHADMAN name continued to be prominent among the Persian elite. A famous figure bearing this surname was Mirza Shadman Khan, a military commander and statesman who served under Shah Abbas I in the early 17th century.

In the 19th century, the SHADMAN name gained recognition beyond the borders of Persia, as several individuals with this surname made significant contributions in various fields. One such individual was Mirza Aqa Khan Nuri Shadman, a prominent Iranian diplomat and politician who played a crucial role in the Constitutional Revolution of 1905-1911.

As the SHADMAN surname spread across different regions and cultures, it underwent various spelling variations, such as Shadmaan, Shadmaan, and Shadmani. However, the core meaning and etymology of the name remained rooted in its Persian origins, reflecting the idea of joy, happiness, and a joyful disposition.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Shadman

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

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

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