How common is the surname Dau?

1,504 people in the United States had the surname Dau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,283 Americans. It ranked 18,411th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dau?

In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Dau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Dau getting more or less common?

More common. 1,143 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,504 in 2010, up 32%.

The surname Dau

A surname, carried by 1,504 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dau is more common than 88.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,504 people named Dau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 205,283 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,143.

#18,411

rank among US surnames

1,504

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+31.6%

change since 2000 (was #21,349)

Who is named Dau

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

61% of people named Dau identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 7.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 61%
Asian and Pacific Islander 25%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dau

Dau has the Soundex code D000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D000.

Questions

How common is the surname Dau?: 1,504 people in the United States had the surname Dau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,283 Americans. It ranked 18,411th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dau?: In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Dau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Dau getting more or less common?: More common. 1,143 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,504 in 2010, up 32%.