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    The surname Nydam

    A Danish surname, carried by 534 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N350

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nydam is more common than 74.8% of them.

    Origin

    Danish origin

    Borrowed from Danish Nydam, from ny (“new”) + dam (“dam”), or an Americanized spelling of Dutch Nijdam, from nij (“new”) + dam (“dam”).

    One of 50 Danish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 534 people named Nydam in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 578,175 Americans. That is up 9.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 490.

    #40,856
    rank among US surnames
    534
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9%
    change since 2000 (was #41,793)

    Who is named Nydam

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

    96% of people named Nydam identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other Danish surnames

    All 50 Danish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Nydam come from?
    Borrowed from Danish Nydam, from ny (“new”) + dam (“dam”), or an Americanized spelling of Dutch Nijdam, from nij (“new”) + dam (“dam”).
    How common is the surname Nydam?
    534 people in the United States had the surname Nydam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 578,175 Americans. It ranked 40,856th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nydam?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Nydam identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Nydam getting more or less common?
    More common. 490 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 534 in 2010, up 9.0%.