Solman
surname · English · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Solman is a surname, most frequently recorded in India. In Bahrain it is the 8th most common given name. It appears chiefly in English and Croatian, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Kent; Devon.
- BHBahrain1 in 238◐
- QAQatar1 in 1.5K
- SASaudi Arabia1 in 1.5K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈8.8K ●
- 6 ●
- Sources
- 246 ●
- 1 in 7.1K ◐
across 8 countries
recorded for this name
336K records
Official registry-verified
Sweden
Spellings & scripts●
2 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Salman in IN India, BD Bangladesh, PK Pakistan and 17 more, Салман in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, KG Kyrgyzstan and 2 more and Სალმან in GE Georgia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
Main GB Location (1881): Kent; Devon. Hyman Solman, furrier, born in Russia, Census 1891 (Saint George in the East, Middx); Isaac Solman, tailor, born in Russia, in Census 1891 (Stepney, Middx); Harris Solman, tailor’s presser, born in Russia, in Census 1901 (Tower Hamlets, Middx).
Sources 1
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | #732 | 512,082 | 163K rec. | — | 1.8K | Salman | 171 |
| BD Bangladesh | #184 | 162,125 | 5.2K rec. | — | listed | Salman | 92 |
| PK Pakistan | #136 | 41,719 | 10K rec. | — | listed | Salman | 120 |
| RU Russia | #888 | 22,351 | 21K rec. | — | #344 | Салман | 117 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | #66 | 14,658 | 6.4K rec. | — | — | Salman | 152 |
| IQ Iraq | — | 7,931 | 9.4K rec. | — | — | Salman | 54 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 5,904 | 5.1K rec. | — | 3 | Salman | 103 |
| TR Türkiye | — | 5,597 | 9.9K rec. | — | — | Salman | 49 |
| US United States | — | 3,883 | 49K rec. | 1 in 86K | 15K | Salman | 246 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #107 | 3,046 | 3.2K rec. | — | — | Salman | 116 |
| AU Australia | — | 2,945 | 4.3K rec. | — | 1 | Salman | 108 |
| DE Germany | — | 2,869 | 5.2K rec. | — | listed | Salman | 105 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English2.2K47%
- Croatian3468%
- 3037%
- Turkish2485%
- Welsh2315%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 2,165 | 47% |
| Croatian | 346 | 8% |
| 303 | 7% | |
| Turkish | 248 | 5% |
| Welsh | 231 | 5% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Solman is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Russian, probably a short from of "Soloman."
as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)
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●
- Lol Solmanb. 1863CACanadian businessman
- Alfred Solmanb. 1868USAmerican composer (1868-1937)
- Joseph Solmanb. 1909USAmerican artist (1909-2008)
- Paul Solmanb. 1944USAmerican economist
- Damir Šolmanb. 1948HROlympic medalist in basketball
- Riina Solmanb. 1972EEEstonian politician (born 1972)
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).
Evidence●
Attested in 19 sources across 9 countries.
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- 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 2026-09-12 data build · 20 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Solman?
- We estimate roughly 8.8 thousand people bear Solman (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.
- In which country does Solman have the most bearers?
- Solman is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled salman.
- How common is Solman compared with other names?
- In India, Solman is the 732nd most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.
- What does the name Solman mean?
- Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Kent; Devon.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
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, “Solman” — the 732nd most common given name in India. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.