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    The surname Dahms

    A surname, carried by 1,842 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D520

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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). Dahms is more common than 90.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,842 people named Dahms in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 167,614 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,847.

    #15,806
    rank among US surnames
    1,842
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #14,745)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,800Harton1,843167,523
    #15,806Dufault1,842167,614

    Who is named Dahms

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

    97% of people named Dahms identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as two or more races and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    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 Dahms

    Dahms has the Soundex code D520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Dahms?
    1,842 people in the United States had the surname Dahms in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 167,614 Americans. It ranked 15,806th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dahms?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Dahms identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Dahms getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,847 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,842 in 2010, down 0.3%.