Houseman
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from HOUSE; first attested John Houseman 1365 ColchCt
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 4 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
/haʊsmən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Houseman is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- GBUnited Kingdom
- USUnited States
- CACanada
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)from HOUSE; first attested John Houseman 1365 ColchCt
Cited for this meaning 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Houseman is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, occupational name for a servant who worked at a great house, or status name for a householder (see House).
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In English, A male follower or retainer; a male domestic worker or servant.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, Different form of House.
as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
In English, John, US actor, producer, and
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, director
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Julius Housemanb. 1832USAmerican politician (1832-1891)
- William Housemanb. 1859USAmerican baseball player
- Edward Housemanb. 1869GBEnglish cricketer (1869-1942)
- John Housemanb. 1870NLDutch baseball player (1870–1922)
- Florence Housemanb. 1909GBBritish botanist and botanical collector (1909-1989)
- Peter Housemanb. 1945GBEnglish footballer (1945-1977)
- René Housemanb. 1953ARArgentine footballer (1953-2018)
- Susan N. Housemanb. 1956Economist (W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research)
- Ian Housemanb. 1969GBEnglish county cricketer (born 1969)
- Tyson Housemanb. 1990CACanadian actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)10 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 3.1K | #9,536 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 3.1K | #10,414 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 3K | #10,318 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 31 | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Houseman mean, and where does it come from?
- from HOUSE; first attested John Houseman 1365 ColchCt Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- How do you pronounce Houseman?
- A machine transcription gives /haʊsmən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Houseman have the most bearers?
- Houseman is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Houseman”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.