Allman (variants Alleman, Allmand) is an English surname from the Norman French aleman "German". In North American usage, the spelling Allman likely also stands in for the cognate Spanish name Aleman (to avoid the reading /eɪlmæn/ as in "ale-man").[1]

Notable people with the surname include:

Allman
Alleman

References

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  1. ^ Patrick Hanks, Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, 2003, p. 26.