# Dart (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dart/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Middle English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,594 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,092 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 85,906 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.3% (3,414 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Metonymic occupational surname for a maker of darts, from Middle English dart.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dart in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dart in Australia.

## People named Dart

- Raymond Dart, Australian anatomist and anthropologist (1893-1988)

## Similar surnames

Duarte, Dort, Dehart, Dearth, Duhart, Doherty, Dorado, Durrett, Drawdy, Dority.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.