How common is the surname Dampier?

2,475 people in the United States had the surname Dampier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,746 Americans. It ranked 12,520th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dampier?

Erick Dampier, American basketball player (born 1975), followed by Louie Dampier.

Where is the surname Dampier most common?

Wikidata records people named Dampier in the United States.

How do you pronounce Dampier?

Dampier is /ˈdæmpiə(ɹ)/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Dampier getting more or less common?

More common. 2,264 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,475 in 2010, up 9.3%.

The surname Dampier

A surname, carried by 2,475 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdæmpiə(ɹ)/ 3 syllables Soundex D516

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dampier is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,475 people named Dampier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 124,746 Americans. That is up 9.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,264.

#12,520

rank among US surnames

2,475

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+9.3%

change since 2000 (was #12,553)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,514	Freire	2,477	124,645
#12,519	Ratzlaff	2,476	124,695
#12,520	Dampier	2,475	124,746
#12,525	Mendivil	2,474	124,796

Who is named Dampier

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

67% of people named Dampier identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 67%
Black (not Hispanic) 29%
Two or more races 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dampiers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Erick Dampier
American basketball player (born 1975)
Louie Dampier
American basketball player-coach, born 1944

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Dampier

Dambra

Dampier has the Soundex code D516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D516.

Questions

How common is the surname Dampier?: 2,475 people in the United States had the surname Dampier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,746 Americans. It ranked 12,520th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dampier?: In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Dampier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dampier?: Erick Dampier, American basketball player (born 1975), followed by Louie Dampier.
Where is the surname Dampier most common?: Wikidata records people named Dampier in the United States.
How do you pronounce Dampier?: Dampier is /ˈdæmpiə(ɹ)/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Dampier getting more or less common?: More common. 2,264 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,475 in 2010, up 9.3%.