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Kolman Surname Meaning

Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Kalman or Kohlmann. Slovenian, Croatian, Czech, Slovak, and Polish: from the old personal name Kolman, which is derived from German Koloman (see 3 below) and from its Hungarian form Kálmán (see Kalman), from the name of Saint Columban, an Irish pilgrim who was on his way to the Holy Land when he was hanged by a mob in Austria in 1012; in Austria and in neighboring countries, his cult overshadowed the cult of his more famous Irish namesake, the missionary Saint Columban (see Coleman).

In North America, this surname may also be a shortened form of Slovenian patronymics Kolmančič and Kolmanič, and Croatian Kolmanić. Americanized form of Austrian German Kolmann: altered form of the medieval personal name Koloman, which is a Germanized form of the name of Saint Columban, an 11th-century Christian saint (see 2 above).

See also Kohlmann. Czech and Polish: from German Kohlmann. Dutch: from a pet form of Kool. Compare Colman.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

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Between 1948 and 2004, in the United States, Kolman life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1948, and highest in 2002. The average life expectancy for Kolman in 1948 was 52, and 78 in 2004.

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