Chesterman

English

Etymology

Perhaps from Old English ċeaster (“city, town”) + mann (“man”), a topographic surname for someone who lived near a Roman fort or a habitational surname for someone from any of various places called Chester.

Proper noun

Chesterman (plural Chestermans)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Chesterman is the 51610^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 403 individuals. Chesterman is most common among White (96.28%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Chesterman”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 324.