How common is the surname Dameron?

3,917 people in the United States had the surname Dameron in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,822 Americans. It ranked 8,434th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dameron?

Tadd Dameron, American pianist (1917–1965).

Where is the surname Dameron most common?

Wikidata records people named Dameron in the United States.

Is the surname Dameron getting more or less common?

More common. 3,807 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,917 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Dameron

A surname, carried by 3,917 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D565

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dameron is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,917 people named Dameron in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,822 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,807.

#8,434

rank among US surnames

3,917

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #8,034)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,429	Campana	3,920	78,762
#8,430	Maurice	3,919	78,782
#8,432	Hake	3,918	78,802
#8,434	Dameron	3,917	78,822
#8,435	Jessie	3,916	78,842

Who is named Dameron

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

83% of people named Dameron identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Damerons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tadd Dameron
American pianist (1917–1965)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Dameron

Damron

Dameron has the Soundex code D565, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D565.

Questions

How common is the surname Dameron?: 3,917 people in the United States had the surname Dameron in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,822 Americans. It ranked 8,434th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dameron?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Dameron identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dameron?: Tadd Dameron, American pianist (1917–1965).
Where is the surname Dameron most common?: Wikidata records people named Dameron in the United States.
Is the surname Dameron getting more or less common?: More common. 3,807 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,917 in 2010, up 2.9%.