Research shows that the surname Winman has been around since the ninth century. Winman is a early British occupational name. Records dating back to 1382 suggest there was a contingency of Winman's in the county of Somerset. This was a regular occupational term during the Anglo-Saxon period in Southern England, but now the surname is fairly widespread. During the period of the British Empire the surname spread with the colonies to areas of America, Asia, India and Australia.
An early nineteenth century Winman was noted as liking a drink after police allegedly threw him out of no less than four watering holes in one evening. In 1882 a man named Edward Winman was sent to prison for reasons unknown. Members of the Winman family were involved in the founding of the East India Trading Company.
There are some famous Winman's...