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Sherman

in Rhode Island

There are 603 people with the last name "Sherman" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

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Sherman 107
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  1. is 103rd most common Rose
  2. is 104th most common Butler
  3. is 105th most common Harrington
  4. is 106th most common Morin
  5. is 107th most common Sherman
  6. is 108th most common Russo
  7. is 109th most common Gagnon
  8. is 110th most common Burke
  9. is 111th most common Ortiz

Similar Names and Nicknames

Sherwood, Sheridan, Sherrill, Sherrod, Sherry, Sherer, Sheriff, Sherlock, Sher, Sherwin

Most Common First Names for Sherman

David, John, Michael, William, Claire, Robert, Thomas, Warren, Brian, Charles

Meaning & History

English: occupational name for a sheepshearer or someone who used shears to trim the surface of finished cloth and remove excess nap, from Middle English shereman ‘shearer’.

Americanized spelling of German Schuermann.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a tailor, from Yiddish sher ‘scissors’ + man ‘man’.

FOREBEARS Roger Sherman (1722–93), the only man to sign all three documents at the foundation of the American republic (the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the U.S. Constitution), was born in Newton, MA, a descendant of Capt. John Sherman, who had emigrated in about 1636 to MA from Dedham, Essex, England, where his father was a farmer, following his brother Edmund, who had emigrated two years earlier. A descendant of Edmund Sherman was the U.S. general William Tecumseh Sherman (1820–91), who led the Union march through GA. He was born in Lancaster, OH, the son of a judge; his middle name was bestowed in honor of a Shawnee chieftain.

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