Frequency: (104)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
German (Vespermann): from Middle High German, Middle Low German vesper, originally denoting the penultimate canonical hour; later ‘between meals’ + man ‘man’; the reason for its adoption as a surname is unclear.
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