The Dishman surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,106 people carried this name — #6,634 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,800 people counted. That is up 9% from 4,691 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Dishman surname

Americanized form of North German Dischmann, an occupational surname for a joiner.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Dishman» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

As an English and Welsh surname

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

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 243 · public domain.

In print

Dishman in American newspapers,
1928–1929.

Newspaper page from Brownsville Herald carrying the name Dishman
Brownsville Herald 1928-07-31
Newspaper page from Brownsville Herald carrying the name Dishman
Brownsville Herald 1928-07-31
Newspaper page from Clinch Valley News carrying the name Dishman
Clinch Valley News 1929-01-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,496 pages in all carry the name.

In the public record

People named Dishman,
in the records of 2 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 States223 records

223 records of the Dishman name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 148
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 44
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 18
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Charles J. Dishman

    Born 1903 in Missouri. Enlisted 1942 at Rosecrans Field St Joseph; auto mechanic from Andrew County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Savannah Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Jerry Dishman

    Born 1950; from Akron, Ohio. U.S. Marine Corps, combat engineer; killed in action 1969 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Michelle W. Dishman

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1967, died 1997; buried at Pvt Family Plot Cemetery, Catawba, North Carolina.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 223 records for Dishman 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) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Dishman name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Charles Dishman

    Died 1874 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record William Dishman

    Died 1912 in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record William Dishman

    Married 1883 in Colchester, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 4 records for Dishman in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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