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    The surname Dame

    A surname, carried by 3,647 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D500

    Dame: #8,971 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dame #8,971, 3,647 people Dame: #8,971 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dame #8,971, 3,647 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dame is more common than 94.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,647 people named Dame in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,657 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,528.

    #8,971
    rank among US surnames
    3,647
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #8,586)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,967Braddy3,65084,588
    #8,968Markus3,64984,611
    #8,969Spindler3,64884,634
    #8,971Harshman3,64784,657

    Who is named Dame

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

    93% of people named Dame identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • 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 Dame

    Dame 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 Dame?
    3,647 people in the United States had the surname Dame in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,657 Americans. It ranked 8,971st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dame?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Dame identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Dame getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,528 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,647 in 2010, up 3.4%.