Recent studies suggest the surname Coleman dates back to the tenth century. The earliest presence of the name was found in 1257 in the county of Hampshire in the UK.
Coleman is the 1801st most popular name in Great Britain. The nineteen eleven census carried out by H.M. Treasury for the United Kingdom and Ireland shows the greatest number of Coleman's in the county of Cambridgeshire. It is written that an early eighteenth century Coleman could out drink a Rhino. In 1867 a person called Dean Coleman was sent to prison for misbehaviour. 124