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    The surname Dada

    A surname, carried by 1,018 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D300

    Dada: #24,554 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Dada #24,554, 1,018 people Dada: #24,554 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Dada #24,554, 1,018 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dada is more common than 84.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,018 people named Dada in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 303,286 Americans. That is up 58% since 2000, when the Census counted 645.

    #24,554
    rank among US surnames
    1,018
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +57.8%
    change since 2000 (was #33,380)

    Who is named Dada

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

    54% of people named Dada identified as Black (not Hispanic), 19% as white (not Hispanic) and 17% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 54%
    • White (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 17%
    • Two or more races 5.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dada

    Dada has the Soundex code D300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D300.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Dada?
    1,018 people in the United States had the surname Dada in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 303,286 Americans. It ranked 24,554th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dada?
    In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Dada identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 19% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Dada getting more or less common?
    More common. 645 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,018 in 2010, up 58%.