The surname Sidman
An English patronymic surname, carried by 523 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex S355
Origin
English origin
From an unrecorded Middle English personal name Sideman or Sedeman, perhaps from Old English sidu (“custom, habit”) + mann (“man, person”).
Sidman is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 523 people named Sidman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 590,336 Americans. That is down 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 585.
Who is named Sidman
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
96% of people named Sidman identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as two or more races and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 96%
- Two or more races 1.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Sidman
Sidman has the Soundex code S355, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S355.
Other English surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Sidman come from?
- From an unrecorded Middle English personal name Sideman or Sedeman, perhaps from Old English sidu (“custom, habit”) + mann (“man, person”).
- How common is the surname Sidman?
- 523 people in the United States had the surname Sidman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 590,336 Americans. It ranked 41,579th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Sidman?
- In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Sidman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as two or more races.
- What type of surname is Sidman?
- Sidman is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Sidman getting more or less common?
- Less common. 585 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 523 in 2010, down 11%.