What nationality is the last name Spearman?

The last name Spearman is of English nationality and origin, with occupational roots from medieval England. Spearman means a man who carries or makes spears, or a soldier armed with a spear, from Old English spere meaning spear and man meaning man, so spear-man. It is an English occupational surname for a spear maker or spearman soldier in medieval army. The name is most common in England, particularly in southern England and East Anglia, and in the United States among English diaspora. It is also found in Scotland and Ireland via English settlement. Spearman is similar to other English weapon occupational names like Bowman, Archer, and Swordsman. The surname is ranked moderately common in US, with many African American families also carrying Spearman due to history of slavery where enslaved people took English surnames. Notable people include jazz musician Billie Holiday whose real name had Spearman connections and athletes like Armegis Spearman. The name is not German, though Speerman variation exists in Germany. Spearman is English, not Irish or Scottish Gaelic in origin, though found there. So nationality is English, ethnicity English, meaning spear maker or spear carrier, occupational, from medieval England, spread to America with English colonization.