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    The surname Dasher

    A place surname, carried by 3,205 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D260

    Dasher: #10,050 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dasher #10,050, 3,205 people Dasher: #10,050 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dasher #10,050, 3,205 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dasher is more common than 93.8% of them.

    Origin

    * Americanized form of German Dascher. * Possibly a habitational name from Dasher near Kippen in Stirlingshire.

    Dasher is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,205 people named Dasher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,332 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,757.

    #10,050
    rank among US surnames
    3,205
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +16.2%
    change since 2000 (was #10,650)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,041Caster3,20896,242
    #10,044Lieb3,20796,272
    #10,046Pound3,20696,302
    #10,050Dasher3,20596,332
    #10,059Wesolowski3,20496,363

    Who is named Dasher

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

    76% of people named Dasher identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 76%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Dashers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Erica Dasher
      Actress, born 1987

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dasher

    Dasher has the Soundex code D260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D260.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Dasher come from?
    * Americanized form of German Dascher. * Possibly a habitational name from Dasher near Kippen in Stirlingshire.
    How common is the surname Dasher?
    3,205 people in the United States had the surname Dasher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,332 Americans. It ranked 10,050th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dasher?
    In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Dasher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Dasher?
    Erica Dasher, actress.
    Where is the surname Dasher most common?
    Wikidata records people named Dasher in the United States.
    What type of surname is Dasher?
    Dasher is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Dasher getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,757 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,205 in 2010, up 16%.