# Badman (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/badman/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname transferred from the nickname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 539 |
| US rank (2010) | 40,554 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 572,812 people |
| Change since 2000 | -5.3% (569 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

English occupational surname for the servant of someone called Badd or Batt, but possibly, in some cases, a nickname for a reprobate, from bad + man.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Badman in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.6% |
| Two or more races | 3.1% |

## Similar surnames

Bateman, Boatman, Bodman.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.