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    The surname Dam

    A surname, carried by 3,186 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D500

    Dam: #10,114 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dam #10,114, 3,186 people Dam: #10,114 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dam #10,114, 3,186 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dam is more common than 93.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,186 people named Dam in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,907 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,570.

    #10,114
    rank among US surnames
    3,186
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +24%
    change since 2000 (was #11,287)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,107Calabro3,18796,877
    #10,114Burman3,18696,907
    #10,119Hilt3,18596,937
    #10,122Ludwick3,18496,968

    Who is named Dam

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

    76% of people named Dam identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 19% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 76%
    • White (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dam

    Dam 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 Dam?
    3,186 people in the United States had the surname Dam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,907 Americans. It ranked 10,114th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dam?
    In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Dam identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 19% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Dam getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,570 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,186 in 2010, up 24%.