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    The surname Jarman

    A surname, carried by 6,351 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex J655

    Jarman: #5,475 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Jarman #5,475, 6,351 people Jarman: #5,475 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Jarman #5,475, 6,351 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jarman is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,351 people named Jarman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,614 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,079.

    #5,475
    rank among US surnames
    6,351
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.5%
    change since 2000 (was #5,267)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,466Wingfield6,36248,530
    #5,468Gault6,36048,545
    #5,469Izaguirre6,35848,560
    #5,470Larkins6,35748,568
    #5,471Book6,35648,575
    #5,472Bunnell6,35548,583
    #5,474Mulholland6,35348,598

    Who is named Jarman

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    86% of people named Jarman identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Jarmans

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Claude Jarman, Jr.
      American actor (1934–2025)
    • Jake Jarman
      British artistic gymnast, born 2001
    • Barry Jarman
      Australian cricketer, 1936–2020

    Notable Jarmans come mostly from the United States (1), the United Kingdom (1) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Jarman

    Jarman has the Soundex code J655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J655.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Jarman?
    6,351 people in the United States had the surname Jarman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,614 Americans. It ranked 5,475th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Jarman?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Jarman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Jarman?
    Claude Jarman, Jr., American actor (1934–2025), followed by Jake Jarman.
    Where is the surname Jarman most common?
    Wikidata records people named Jarman in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
    Is the surname Jarman getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,079 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,351 in 2010, up 4.5%.