Phone, Email, & Address
News and Updates
Fun Facts and Statistics
Statistics out of all 1255 people named Dawn Chapman
Income Average
Married
Average Age
Caucasian
Meaning of Last Name
Meaning: Business man or trader
Chapman is a surname and perhaps an occupational surname. There is not a single agreed origin of the surname Chapman. Theories include it being a name for a business man or trader which was called in Old High German either choufman or koufman, which became the Old English surname céapmann. Other theories include a Saxon origin, as the Saxon words ceapan or cypan mean to buy or sell, however there is a similarity in this origin to the Old High German version, it once again would means a trader or business man. In addition, during the Middle Ages Chapmen or a Chapman sold chapbooks which were pamphlets intended for a wide audience. The Oxford English Dictionary gives four meanings for Chapman. They are a man whose business was buying and selling; an itinerant dealer who travels otherwise known as a hawker or peddler; an agent in a commercial transaction, or a purchaser or customer. It is the cognate of Kaufmann, a common German surname. People with the surname or nickname Chapman include:
Tag Cloud
- shoup
- photography
- barrister
- erson
- attorney
- james nesbitt
- park city
- winnipeg
- chapman university
- whitty photography