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    The surname Dames

    A surname, carried by 1,998 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D520

    Dames: #14,834 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dames #14,834, 1,998 people Dames: #14,834 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dames #14,834, 1,998 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dames is more common than 90.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,998 people named Dames in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 154,527 Americans. That is up 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,592.

    #14,834
    rank among US surnames
    1,998
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +25.5%
    change since 2000 (was #16,596)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,827Caudell1,999154,450
    #14,834Dames1,998154,527
    #14,838Degen1,997154,605
    #14,842Pfau1,996154,682

    Who is named Dames

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

    58% of people named Dames identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 58%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 31%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
    • Two or more races 3.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Damess

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Claire Dames
      American pornographic actress, born 1980

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dames

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Dames?
    1,998 people in the United States had the surname Dames in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 154,527 Americans. It ranked 14,834th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dames?
    In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Dames identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Dames?
    Claire Dames, American pornographic actress.
    Where is the surname Dames most common?
    Wikidata records people named Dames in the United States.
    Is the surname Dames getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,592 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,998 in 2010, up 26%.