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Westman Ranking

the United States, the name Westman is the 10,140th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1


Westman migration to the United States +



Westman Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Andreas Westman, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1752 2
Westman Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • William Westman, who arrived in Charleston, South Carolina in 1821 2
  • Gustaf Fredrik Westman, aged 26, who arrived in New York in 1843 2
  • Gustaves Westman, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1853 2
Westman Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Frank Westman, who landed in Alabama in 1921 2

Westman migration to Canada +

Westman Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century
  • Mr. Matthew Westman, aged 40 who immigrated to Canada, arriving at the Grosse Isle Quarantine Station in Quebec aboard the ship "Clarendon" departing from the port of Liverpool, England but died on Grosse Isle on 19th June 1847 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Westman (post 1700) +

  • Lars Westman (1938-2025), Swedish filmmaker and cartoonist, worked for ten years as a typographer, and has been involved in film-making for nearly 50 years, primarily for Scandinavian television

Victoria steamboat disaster


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. 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)
  3. Charbonneau, André, and Doris Drolet-Dubé. A Register of Deceased Persons at Sea and on Grosse Île in 1847. The Minister of Canadian Heritage, 1997. ISBN: 0-660-198/1-1997E (p. 60)


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