Dahme Surname
Approximately 743 people bear this surname
Dahme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 386 | 1:208,563 | 23,697 |
| United States | 318 | 1:1,139,808 | 81,930 |
| Canada | 23 | 1:1,601,982 | 107,690 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 1:2,391,366 | 115,093 |
The alternate forms: Dahmé (2) are calculated separately.
Dahme (303) may also be a first name.
Dahme Demographics
Average Dahme Salary in
United States
$35,986 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Dahme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dahme Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dahme (Arabic: دهماء, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﺣﻢ) is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant: Dahmé. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dahme? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 455,757th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 9,808,272 people. The last name Dahme occurs mostly in Europe, where 52 percent of Dahme are found; 52 percent are found in Western Europe and 52 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Dahme is also the 505,965th most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 303 people.
This last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 386 people, or 1 in 208,563. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 41 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent reside and Bremen, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Germany this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 43 percent reside and Canada, where 3 percent reside.
Dahme Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Dahme has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dahme last name grew 1,514 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Dahme Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Dahme are 1.88% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 51.35% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Dahme earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 16.6% less than the national average, earning $35,986 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.99% less than the national average, earning $48,694 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dahme Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dahme in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﺣﻢ | dhm | 50 |
| ﺩﺣﻤﺎﻥ | dhman | 50 |
| Dahme in the Arabic language | ||
| دهماء | dhma | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dahme
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