Spearman

See also: spearman

English

Etymology

From spear +‎ man, an occupational surname for a soldier armed with a spear.

Proper noun

Spearman (countable and uncountable, plural Spearmans)

1. A surname originating as an occupation.
2. A city, the county seat of Hansford County, Texas, United States.

Derived terms

• Spearman correlation
• Spearman's g
• Spearman's rank correlation coefficient
• Spearman's rho
• Spearman test

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Spearman is the 4330^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8199 individuals. Spearman is most common among Black/African American (52.27%) and White (42.3%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Spearman”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Parmesan, Pearmans, parmesan