The truman Surname

truman Name Meaning and History

English (mainly East Midlands): variant spelling of Trueman.
Jewish (from Latvia): habitational name for someone from a Latvian village, the Russian name of which is Trumany.
Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Trumann, a variant of Trautmann.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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truman Family Facts

Distribution of truman Families in the US in 1920

Number of truman families

46-90

16-45

1-15

Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 148 - Messages: 415

Thread	Author	Replies
Joseph Truman and Hilda Edman Iowa	RobinPardus	4
Trumans of Independence, MO	Alyssa	6
Thomas Truman	June Sherrett	1
Native American Heratige	rcunderwood	1
Charles Truman c1863	jillrobbie	2
Charles Truman c1863	jillrobbie	0
Samuel TRUMAN, Nottingham, c1720	Alan Pattison	8
Umeko (Suzuki) Truman Obit	Obitslenaweecounty	0
Hardin & Shelby County KY	slfate41	2
Thomas Harry Truman b: Jun 1851 Wilshire, England	dutchz02	0

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