An English surname, Hickman in the old Anglo-Saxon period referred to the son of Hick or Hickman. The name ‘Hick’ meant a servant. The spelling variations for Hickman are Hykerman and Hyckman. A German spelling would be Hickmann. In England the earliest Hickman families lived in Oxfordshire. The families then spread all across England and the eastern portion of Wales. The highest percentage of Hickman families live in the city of London, Hampshire, Lancashire, Staffordshire and Warwickshire. In Ireland the Hickman surname is located mostly in County Clare. In Scotland the counties of Fife and Midlothian, along with Lanarkshire have the great populations of Hickman families. Within the United States Hickman families have spread over most of the country. The greatest concentration of individual’s with the Hickman name are in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Texas, California, Colorado and Illinois. Famous: David Hickman (English movie film director and producer), Dwayne B. Hickman (actor and television executive), Jay Hickman (comic), William Albert Hickman (manufacturer and designer of speed boats, including the Hickman Sea Sled, in Canada), Fred Hickman (sports broadcaster), Jim Hickman (professional baseball player), John Hickman (Civil war Confederate General and for whom Hickman County in Tennessee was named) and Sara Hickman (singer and songwriter).