How common is the surname Dumas?

17,442 people in the United States had the surname Dumas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,701 Americans. It ranked 2,076th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dumas?

Charles Dumas, American high jumper (1937–2004), followed by Rafael Dumas.

Where is the surname Dumas most common?

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

How do you pronounce Dumas?

Dumas is /ˈduːməs/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Dumas getting more or less common?

More common. 16,660 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,442 in 2010, up 4.7%.

The surname Dumas

A French place surname, carried by 17,442 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈduːməs/ 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). Dumas is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

French origin

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

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

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 17,442 people named Dumas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,701 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,660.

#2,076

rank among US surnames

17,442

people in 2010

5.9

per 100,000 Americans

+4.7%

change since 2000 (was #1,997)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,067	Neumann	17,484	17,659
#2,069	Ashby	17,482	17,661
#2,070	Vernon	17,480	17,663
#2,071	Crowell	17,467	17,676
#2,072	Blum	17,458	17,685
#2,073	Jeffers	17,455	17,688
#2,074	McCormack	17,449	17,694

Who is named Dumas

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

55% of people named Dumas identified as white (not Hispanic), 38% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 55%
Black (not Hispanic) 38%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
Two or more races 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dumass

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles Dumas
American high jumper (1937–2004)
Rafael Dumas
Brazilian association football player, born 1995
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, born 1975

Notable Dumass come mostly from the United States (4), Brazil (2) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dumas

Dumas 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 Dumas come from?: Borrowed from French Dumas, meaning "from the farmstead", especially one in the south of France.
How common is the surname Dumas?: 17,442 people in the United States had the surname Dumas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,701 Americans. It ranked 2,076th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dumas?: In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Dumas identified as white (not Hispanic), and 38% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dumas?: Charles Dumas, American high jumper (1937–2004), followed by Rafael Dumas.
Where is the surname Dumas most common?: Wikidata records people named Dumas in the United States, Brazil and Argentina.
How do you pronounce Dumas?: Dumas is /ˈduːməs/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Dumas?: Dumas is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Dumas getting more or less common?: More common. 16,660 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,442 in 2010, up 4.7%.