First found in the county or parish of Caen in Normandy, where it is believed to have departed and accompanied Duke William at the time of the Conquest of England in 1066.

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• Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
• Known spelling variations
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• First settlers to North America
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For many English families, the political and religious disarray that plagued their homeland made the frontiers of the New World an attractive prospect. Thousands migrated, aboard cramped disease-ridden ships. They arrived sick, poor, and hungry, but were welcomed in many cases with far greater opportunity than at home in England. Many of these hardy settlers went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Among early immigrants bearing the name Allaman or a variant listed above were: John Allman who settled in Philadelphia in 1764; Simon Alman in 1709; Stephen Almand in 1749; H. Almand in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1820.

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