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    The surname Dahmen

    A German surname, carried by 911 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D550

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dahmen is more common than 83.5% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Usually from German Dahmen, from the given name Adam. In some cases perhaps from Arabic دَحْمان (daḥmān).

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 911 people named Dahmen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 338,908 Americans. That is down 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 929.

    #26,727
    rank among US surnames
    911
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.9%
    change since 2000 (was #25,060)

    Who is named Dahmen

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

    93% of people named Dahmen identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dahmen

    Dahmen has the Soundex code D550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D550.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Dahmen come from?
    Usually from German Dahmen, from the given name Adam. In some cases perhaps from Arabic دَحْمان (daḥmān).
    How common is the surname Dahmen?
    911 people in the United States had the surname Dahmen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 338,908 Americans. It ranked 26,727th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dahmen?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Dahmen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Dahmen getting more or less common?
    Less common. 929 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 911 in 2010, down 1.9%.