Grossman: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Search old registers for Grossman and you will soon meet Grossmann too. At root, the name means “Big man”.

How the spelling arose

Without the “n” of Grossmann, Grossman is a simpler written form of the same name. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Related forms: Grosman, Grosmann and Grohsmann.

How common is Grossman?

17,484 Americans were listed as Grossman in the 2010 census.

Family crest and blazon

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Grossman, so the heraldry linked to Grossmann is a starting point, not an automatic right.

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