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    The surname Dart

    An English occupational surname, carried by 3,594 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D630

    Dart: #9,092 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dart #9,092, 3,594 people Dart: #9,092 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dart #9,092, 3,594 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dart is more common than 94.4% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Dart is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,594 people named Dart in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 85,906 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,414.

    #9,092
    rank among US surnames
    3,594
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.3%
    change since 2000 (was #8,832)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,085Varnado3,59785,834
    #9,088Whitesell3,59685,858
    #9,090Nice3,59585,882
    #9,092Dart3,59485,906
    #9,093Rael3,59285,954
    #9,097Sale3,59185,978

    Who is named Dart

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

    90% of people named Dart identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Darts

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dart

    Dart has the Soundex code D630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D630.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Dart come from?
    Metonymic occupational surname for a maker of darts, from Middle English dart.
    How common is the surname Dart?
    3,594 people in the United States had the surname Dart in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,906 Americans. It ranked 9,092nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dart?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Dart identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Dart?
    Raymond Dart, Australian anatomist and anthropologist (1893-1988).
    Where is the surname Dart most common?
    Wikidata records people named Dart in Australia.
    What type of surname is Dart?
    Dart is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Dart getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,414 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,594 in 2010, up 5.3%.