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FLAXMAN

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There are approximately 755 people named Flaxman in the UK. That makes it the 8,495th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 12 are named Flaxman.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Occupational Name

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The Flaxman surname in historical dictionaries

FLAXMAN. A dresser of flax, or a spinner. In old authors "flax-wife" signifies a female spinner who is married, probalily to distinguish her from the sjjinstcr, or maiden of the distaff. The records of Castle Combe shew the existence in that district of a family who in the reign of Edw. III. were called Spondel, mostprobabl)' a provincialism for "spindle," in allusion to the siiuning trade carried on by them. One of the family is described as "JohanueniSpoundel dictum Flexmangere," or flax-monger, and twenty years later this jjerson, or a descendant, is simjly described as " Johannes Flexmau." See Scrope's Hist, of Castle Combe, reviewed in Quarterly Piev., vol. xcii., p. 291.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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