# Dumas (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dumas/  
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 French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 17,442 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,076 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,701 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.7% (16,660 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈduːməs/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Dumas, meaning "from the farmstead", especially one in the south of France.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dumas 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) | 55% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 38% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dumas in the United States, Brazil and Argentina.

## People named Dumas

- Charles Dumas, American high jumper (1937–2004)
- Rafael Dumas, Brazilian association football player
- Vito Dumas, Argentine sailor (1900–1965)
- Antônio Dumas, Brazilian footballer and manager (1955-2019)
- Richard Dumas, American basketball player (born 1969)
- Tony Dumas, American basketball player (born 1972)
- Lita, American professional wrestler

## Similar surnames

Dimas, Demasi, Dumais, Demas, Damas, Duenas, Dennis, Downs, Dang, Duong, Damico, Dong.

## 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.