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    The surname Dake

    A surname, carried by 3,277 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D200

    Dake: #9,872 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dake #9,872, 3,277 people Dake: #9,872 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dake #9,872, 3,277 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dake is more common than 93.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,277 people named Dake in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 94,216 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,082.

    #9,872
    rank among US surnames
    3,277
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.3%
    change since 2000 (was #9,673)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,865Reneau3,27994,158
    #9,870Biles3,27894,187
    #9,872Dake3,27794,216
    #9,873Bingaman3,27694,245
    #9,875Dewald3,27594,273
    #9,877Portis3,27494,302
    #9,879Soltis3,27394,331

    Who is named Dake

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

    90% of people named Dake identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Dakes

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kyle Dake
      American wrestler (born 1991)
    • Arthur Dake
      American chess player (1910–2000)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Dake

    Dake has the Soundex code D200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Dake?
    3,277 people in the United States had the surname Dake in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,216 Americans. It ranked 9,872nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dake?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Dake identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Dake?
    Kyle Dake, American wrestler (born 1991), followed by Arthur Dake.
    Where is the surname Dake most common?
    Wikidata records people named Dake in the United States.
    Is the surname Dake getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,082 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,277 in 2010, up 6.3%.