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    The surname Dahlman

    A Swedish surname, carried by 1,516 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D455

    Dahlman: #18,301 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dahlman #18,301, 1,516 people Dahlman: #18,301 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dahlman #18,301, 1,516 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dahlman is more common than 88.7% of them.

    Origin

    Swedish origin

    Borrowed from Swedish Dahlman, from dal (“valley”) + man (“man”). This surname could also be a variant of German Dahlmann.

    One of 133 Swedish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,516 people named Dahlman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 203,658 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,509.

    #18,301
    rank among US surnames
    1,516
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.5%
    change since 2000 (was #17,268)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,296Khatun1,517203,524
    #18,301Sayed1,516203,658
    #18,306Reyez1,515203,792

    Who is named Dahlman

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

    95% of people named Dahlman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Dahlman

    Dahlman has the Soundex code D455, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D455.

    Other Swedish surnames

    All 133 Swedish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Dahlman come from?
    Borrowed from Swedish Dahlman, from dal (“valley”) + man (“man”). This surname could also be a variant of German Dahlmann.
    How common is the surname Dahlman?
    1,516 people in the United States had the surname Dahlman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 203,658 Americans. It ranked 18,301st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dahlman?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Dahlman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Dahlman getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,509 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,516 in 2010, up 0.5%.