Waxman History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Waxman family

The surname Waxman was first found in Middlesex where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1185 of Adam Waxman held lands.

Early History of the Waxman family

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Waxman Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Wax, Waxman, Waxmonger, Waxand, Waxande, Waxing, Wex and many more.

Early Notables of the Waxman family

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Waxman Ranking

In the United States, the name Waxman is the 16,289^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Waxman migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Waxman Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Fred Waxman went to Iowa in 1883

Waxman Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Leon Waxman, who landed in Arkansas in 1905 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Waxman (post 1700) +

Seth Paul Waxman (b. 1951), American Democratic Party politician, U.S. Solicitor General, 1997-2001 3
Irving I. Waxman, American Republican politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 30th District, 1960 3
Henry Arnold Waxman (b. 1939), American Democratic Party politician, Member of California State Assembly, 1969-74; U.S. Representative from California, 1975-2008 3
Murray Waxman (1925-2022), Canadian basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1950 Maccabiah Games

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html