About the Project
The Coffman Name Study project serves as a collaborative platform to collect information on the Coffman name. The hope is that other researchers like you will join the study to help make it a valuable reference point for other genealogists who are researching or have an interest in the Coffman name.
As a One Name Study, this project is not limited to persons who are related biologically. Individual studies can be used to branch out the research into specific methods and areas of interest, such as geographically (England Coffman's), by time period (18th Century Coffman's), or by topic (Coffman DNA, Coffman Occupations, Coffman Statistics). These studies may also include a number of family branches which have no immediate link with each other. Some researchers may even be motivated to go beyond the profile identification and research stage to compile fully sourced, single-family histories of some of the families they discover through this name study project.
Also see the related surnames and surname variants.
How to Join
To join the Coffman Name Study, first start out by browsing our current research pages to see if there is a specific study ongoing that fits your interests. If so, feel free to add your name to the Membership list below, post an introduction comment on the specific team page, and then dive right in!
If a research page does not yet exist for your particular area of interest, please contact the Name Study Coordinator: Marcia Hicks RN-Ret. for assistance.
Once you are ready to go, you can also show your project affiliation with the ONS Member Sticker:
About the Surname
The surname Coffman is an Anglicization of Kaufmann, which means 'wholesale merchant. It is of German origin. It's a not uncommon German-Jewish surname in Switzerland and Swabia, and is also found among Mennonites and their descendants in North America. [1][2]
Research Pages
Here are some of the current research pages included in the study. I'll be working on them, and could use your help!
Membership
- Catherine (Coffman) Wilkes
Related Surnames and Surname Variants
Sources
- ↑ Book:Elsdon C. Smith, Dictionary Of American Family Names By Elsdon D. Smith , 1956, database, (Internet Archive : accessed 11 November 2023)
citing 1956. - ↑ https://forebears.io/surnames/coffman#meaning
