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    The surname Dack

    An English surname, carried by 743 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D200

    Dack: #31,211 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Dack #31,211, 743 people Dack: #31,211 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Dack #31,211, 743 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dack is more common than 80.8% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    * As an English surname, from the Old English personal name *Dæcca, also found in the first element of the town Dagenham. * As a Dutch surname for a roofer, from a variant of dak (“roof”).

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 743 people named Dack in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 415,539 Americans. That is up 8.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 687.

    #31,211
    rank among US surnames
    743
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.2%
    change since 2000 (was #31,774)

    Who is named Dack

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    95% of people named Dack identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Two or more races 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dack

    Dack has the Soundex code D200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D200.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Dack come from?
    * As an English surname, from the Old English personal name *Dæcca, also found in the first element of the town Dagenham. * As a Dutch surname for a roofer, from a variant of dak (“roof”).
    How common is the surname Dack?
    743 people in the United States had the surname Dack in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 415,539 Americans. It ranked 31,211th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dack?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Dack identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Dack getting more or less common?
    More common. 687 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 743 in 2010, up 8.2%.