Talmadge

English

Alternative forms

• Tallmadge

Etymology

Metonymic occupational surname for an itinerant merchant, from Old French talemasche (“knapsack”). Compare Tollemache.

Proper noun

Talmadge (countable and uncountable, plural Talmadges)

1. A surname from Old French.
2. A town in Washington County, Maine, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Talmadge is the 13462^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2262 individuals. Talmadge is most common among White (74.85%) and Black/African American (12.78%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Talmadge”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.