Dam

3,550 people in the United States were counted with the surname Dam in the 2020 census, making it the 8,856th most common in the country. That is about one person in 84,200.

By the numbers

People: 3,550
Rank: 8,856th
How common: 1 in 84,200
Per 100,000: 1.2

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Dam described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 78.8%
White, not Hispanic 15.3%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino 2.0%
Black, not Hispanic 1.1%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.1%

Notable people called Dam

Henrik Dam (1895–1976)Danish biochemist and physiologist
Rob Van Dam (born 1970)American professional wrestler and actor
José van Dam (1940–2026)Belgian bass-baritone opera singer
Laurens ten Dam (born 1980)Dutch road racing cyclist
Paoli Dam (born 1980)Indian actress
Atli Dam (1932–2005)Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
Ho Dam (1929–1991)North Korean politician
Ludvig Dam (1884–1972)Danish swimmer

People named Dam with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Dam

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.