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The surname Damm

A surname, carried by 2,525 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D500

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Damm is more common than 92.4% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,525 people named Damm in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,275 Americans. That is down 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,589.

#12,312
rank among US surnames
2,525
people in 2010
0.9
per 100,000 Americans
-2.5%
change since 2000 (was #11,224)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#12,303Wolk2,527122,179
#12,307Reider2,526122,227
#12,312Bradburn2,525122,275
#12,320Galasso2,524122,324

Who is named Damm

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

94% of people named Damm identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as two or more races and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Two or more races 2.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Damm

Damm 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 Damm?
2,525 people in the United States had the surname Damm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,275 Americans. It ranked 12,312th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Damm?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Damm identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as two or more races.
Is the surname Damm getting more or less common?
Less common. 2,589 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,525 in 2010, down 2.5%.