The Chatman surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 15,473 people carried this name — #2,355 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 19,000 people counted. That is up 11% from 13,935 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Chatman surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as an occupational name: ‘the chapman’.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 173 · public domain.

In print

Chatman in American newspapers,
1911–1914.

Newspaper page from The Columbia Herald carrying the name Chatman
The Columbia Herald 1914-12-18
Newspaper page from Goldsboro Weekly Argus carrying the name Chatman
Goldsboro Weekly Argus 1914-07-02
Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Chatman
The Birmingham Age-herald 1911-08-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,078 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Chatman in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1960s.

653 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Chatman. The most, 211, date from the 1940s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 350
Queensland 157
Western Australia 50
Victoria 40
Tasmania 28
South Australia 25
Northern Territory 2
ACT (Canberra) 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Chatman.

Who carried it

People named Chatman,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Memphis Slim 1915–1988 · composer
  • Edgar Chatman 1917– · baseball player
  • Seymour Chatman 1928–2015 · writer
  • Sharon Chatman 1947–2020 · judge

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Chatman,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States607 records

607 records of the Chatman name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 323
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 197
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 44
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 24
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 7
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • Sacramento County historic burials 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Tyrone Chatman

    Born 1950; from Pensacola, Florida. U.S. Army, indirect fire infantryman; died in an accident 1969 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam. Buried at Barrancas National Cemetery, Florida.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Albert Chatman

    Born 1924 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1943 at Camp Forrest; driver from Shelby County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1987, buried at Memphis National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Chatman

    Arrived at New York in 1866 aboard the City of New York from Liverpool, aged 22; miner. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 607 records for Chatman in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia12 records

12 records of the Chatman name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 5
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record James Chatman

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Lady Kennaway, arriving 1836; ticket of leave 1843.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jas Chatman

    Arrived in Victoria in 1863 aboard the Aldinga, aged 31.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record John H. Chatman

    Left Launceston in 1853 aboard the Undine, bound for London.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 12 records for Chatman in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Chatman name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Albert Chatman

    Died in service in 1917.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record A. Chatman

    Newfoundland Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Chatman name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Cornelia Chatman

    Baptised in 1680 in Ouden Nieuw Gastel.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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