How common is the surname Dumont?

6,748 people in the United States had the surname Dumont in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,754 Americans. It ranked 5,177th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dumont?

Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian aviation pioneer (1873-1932), followed by Margaret Dumont.

Where is the surname Dumont most common?

Wikidata records people named Dumont in the United States, France and Belgium and 2 other countries.

Is the surname Dumont getting more or less common?

More common. 6,472 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,748 in 2010, up 4.3%.

The surname Dumont

A French surname, carried by 6,748 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D553

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dumont is more common than 96.8% of them.

Origin

French origin

A surname from French.

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 6,748 people named Dumont in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,754 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,472.

#5,177

rank among US surnames

6,748

people in 2010

2.3

per 100,000 Americans

+4.3%

change since 2000 (was #4,980)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,168	Born	6,771	45,598
#5,169	Vaccaro	6,766	45,632
#5,170	Greenwell	6,765	45,639
#5,171	Sills	6,761	45,666
#5,172	Forney	6,755	45,706
#5,173	Hoag	6,752	45,727
#5,175	Dreyer	6,751	45,733

Who is named Dumont

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

87% of people named Dumont identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dumonts

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alberto Santos-Dumont
Brazilian aviation pioneer (1873-1932)
Margaret Dumont
American actress (1882–1965)
Emma Dumont
American actor, born 1994
André Dumont
Belgian geologist (1809-1857)
Sarah Dumont
American actress and model, born 1990
Tom Dumont
American musician, born 1968
Simon Dumont
American freestyle skier, born 1986
Denise Dumont
Brazilian actress, born 1955
Casey Dumont
Association football player, born 1992

Notable Dumonts come mostly from the United States (5), France (1) and Belgium (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dumont

Dumont has the Soundex code D553, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D553.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dumont come from?: Dumont is French in origin.
How common is the surname Dumont?: 6,748 people in the United States had the surname Dumont in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,754 Americans. It ranked 5,177th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dumont?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Dumont identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dumont?: Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian aviation pioneer (1873-1932), followed by Margaret Dumont.
Where is the surname Dumont most common?: Wikidata records people named Dumont in the United States, France and Belgium and 2 other countries.
Is the surname Dumont getting more or less common?: More common. 6,472 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,748 in 2010, up 4.3%.