Rathman Family Crest and Last Name Background

Rathman? Think of it as Rathmann with a different pen. The name is generally explained as “A city officer or alderman”. Without the “n” of Rathmann, Rathman is a simpler written form of the same name. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Rathman with 835 bearers, at rank 28,552.

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Rathmann surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. Want more than a summary? See the Rathman family name pack.