Shelman
English
editEtymology
editAmericanized spelling of German Schellmann.
Proper noun
editShelman (plural Shelmans)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Shelman is the 35582nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 632 individuals. Shelman is most common among White (81.49%) and Black/African American (15.35%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Shelman”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.