Pullman — Family Name, Records and Arms

Pullman is an English surname. The usual explanation, from Elsdon Smith, is “dweller at, or near, a pool or Jake”.

• Landscape names of this kind told neighbours where a family's house stood.
• According to the 2010 US Census, the Pullman surname had 1,733 bearers. That puts it among the top 25,000 US surnames.

Heraldry and the Pullman name

Sharing the Pullman name is not the same as sharing a crest; arms were granted to individual families. For the full story, order the Pullman surname pack.