Karman
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English
Etymology
Various origins:
- Borrowed from Dutch Karman, an occupational surname for a carter.
- A variant of German Karmann, which shares the same origin of the Dutch surname.
- Borrowed from Hungarian Kármán, an ethnic name for the Turkish people of the Karaman Province.
- Jewish surname from Russian карман (karman, “pocket”), probably a metonymic occupational surname.
Proper noun
Karman (countable and uncountable, plural Karmans)
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Karman is the 36736th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 608 individuals. Karman is most common among White (91.28%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Karman”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 278.