Last name: SEAMAN
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SEAMAN : This last name is indexed 77,888 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
SEAMAN : 1: English: from the Middle English personal name Seman Semon (Old English Sǣmann composed of the elements sǣ ‘sea’ + mann ‘man’). The surname may have become confused with variants of Simon.2: English: occasionally perhaps an occupational name for a sailor from Middle English seman ‘sailor’ (Old English sǣmann) but the most common source of the name is 1.3: Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Seemann.4: Americanized form of Rusyn Seman.
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