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    The surname Dahn

    A surname, carried by 1,350 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /dɑn/ 1 syllable Soundex D500

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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). Dahn is more common than 87.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,350 people named Dahn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 228,700 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,202.

    #19,896
    rank among US surnames
    1,350
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.3%
    change since 2000 (was #20,512)

    Who is named Dahn

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

    78% of people named Dahn identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 78%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 18%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dahn

    Dahn 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 Dahn?
    1,350 people in the United States had the surname Dahn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 228,700 Americans. It ranked 19,896th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dahn?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Dahn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Dahn?
    Dahn is /dɑn/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Dahn getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,202 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,350 in 2010, up 12%.