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2013 Where did the German Thoman family come from? What is the
German Thoman family crest and coat of arms? When did the Thoman
family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various
branches of the family go? What is the Thoman family
history?Bavaria, Germany is the ancestral home of the Thoman
family. The Thoman surname evolved as a local name for a family
that lived in Bavaria. One can encounter great variation in the
spelling of surnames: in early times, spelling in general, and
thus the spelling of names was not yet standardized; and later,
spellings would change with branching and movement of families.
Variations of the name Thoman include Thoma, Thoman, Thom,
Thoms, Toma, Thomas, Tomas, Thomasius, Thoeman, Thome, Thomen,
Thomme, Thomm, Demel, Dehmel and many more. First found in
Bavaria, where this surname surfaced in mediaeval times as one
of the notable families of the region. From the 13th century
onwards the name was associat