How common is the surname Dumais?

1,763 people in the United States had the surname Dumais in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,125 Americans. It ranked 16,343rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dumais?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Dumais identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Dumais?

Troy Dumais, American diver, followed by Susan T. Dumais.

Where is the surname Dumais most common?

Wikidata records people named Dumais in the United States.

Is the surname Dumais getting more or less common?

More common. 1,678 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,763 in 2010, up 5.1%.

The surname Dumais

A French surname, carried by 1,763 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dumais is more common than 89.9% of them.

Origin

French origin

From French Dumais.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,763 people named Dumais in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 175,125 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,678.

#16,343

rank among US surnames

1,763

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #15,910)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,338	Sifford	1,764	175,026
#16,343	Scheffer	1,763	175,125
#16,349	Mecca	1,762	175,224

Who is named Dumais

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

94% of people named Dumais identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%

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 Dumaiss

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Troy Dumais
American diver, born 1980
Susan T. Dumais
American computer scientist, born 1953

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dumais

Dumais has the Soundex code D520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D520.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dumais come from?: From French Dumais.
How common is the surname Dumais?: 1,763 people in the United States had the surname Dumais in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,125 Americans. It ranked 16,343rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dumais?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Dumais identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Dumais?: Troy Dumais, American diver, followed by Susan T. Dumais.
Where is the surname Dumais most common?: Wikidata records people named Dumais in the United States.
Is the surname Dumais getting more or less common?: More common. 1,678 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,763 in 2010, up 5.1%.