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    The surname Dahm

    A surname, carried by 2,107 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D500

    Dahm: #14,233 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dahm #14,233, 2,107 people Dahm: #14,233 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dahm #14,233, 2,107 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dahm is more common than 91.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,107 people named Dahm in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 146,533 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,031.

    #14,233
    rank among US surnames
    2,107
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.7%
    change since 2000 (was #13,696)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,227Kepner2,108146,464
    #14,233Gully2,107146,533
    #14,238Hassinger2,106146,603

    Who is named Dahm

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

    96% of people named Dahm identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as two or more races and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    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

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    Surnames that sound like Dahm

    Dahm has the Soundex code D500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Dahm?
    2,107 people in the United States had the surname Dahm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,533 Americans. It ranked 14,233rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dahm?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Dahm identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Dahm getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,031 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,107 in 2010, up 3.7%.