# Smallman (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/smallman/  
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 | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 533 |
| US rank (2010) | 40,909 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 579,260 people |
| Change since 2000 | -4.5% (558 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From small + man, either a nickname for a short person or a feudal term denoting a subtenant.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Smallman 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Similar surnames

Smalling, Smullen, Scanlon, Scanlan, Snelling, Smolinski, Sumlin, Smolen, Schmeling, Snellings.

## 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.