How common is the surname Damas?

1,290 people in the United States had the surname Damas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 239,338 Americans. It ranked 20,553rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Damas getting more or less common?

More common. 1,099 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,290 in 2010, up 17%.

The surname Damas

A Portuguese surname, carried by 1,290 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Damas is more common than 87.3% of them.

Origin

Portuguese origin

Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Damas.

One of 71 Portuguese surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,290 people named Damas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 239,338 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,099.

#20,553

rank among US surnames

1,290

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+17.4%

change since 2000 (was #21,998)

Who is named Damas

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

46% of people named Damas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 21% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 46%
Black (not Hispanic) 28%
White (not Hispanic) 21%
Two or more races 2.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Damas

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

Other Portuguese surnames

All 71 Portuguese surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Damas come from?: Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Damas.
How common is the surname Damas?: 1,290 people in the United States had the surname Damas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 239,338 Americans. It ranked 20,553rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Damas?: In the 2010 Census, 46% of people named Damas identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Damas getting more or less common?: More common. 1,099 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,290 in 2010, up 17%.