Dahms Surname
Approximately 8,908 people bear this surname
Dahms Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 5,385 | 1:14,950 | 1,954 |
| United States | 2,581 | 1:140,434 | 14,607 |
| Canada | 313 | 1:117,718 | 12,450 |
| South Africa | 208 | 1:260,470 | 26,176 |
| Australia | 166 | 1:162,625 | 16,859 |
| Poland | 81 | 1:469,244 | 47,315 |
| France | 33 | 1:2,012,810 | 168,616 |
| England | 30 | 1:1,857,269 | 74,552 |
| Chile | 21 | 1:838,880 | 17,964 |
| Argentina | 13 | 1:3,287,955 | 132,850 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Belize | 6 | 1:59,246 | 2,743 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 212 | 1:236,881 | 19,844 |
The alternate forms: Dähms (27) are calculated separately.
Dahms Demographics
Average Male Dahms Height
177.68 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Dahms Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dahms Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dahms is found most frequently in Germany. It can be rendered as a variant: Dähms. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dahms? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 56,887th most frequently used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 818,090 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 63 percent of Dahms live; 61 percent live in Western Europe and 61 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 5,385 people, or 1 in 14,950. In Germany it is most frequent in: Berlin, where 19 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 12 percent live. Besides Germany this last name is found in 32 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 29 percent live and Canada, where 4 percent live.
Dahms Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Dahms has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 1,217 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 1,500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Dahms Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Dahms last name are 19.84% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.61% registered with the political party.
The amount Dahms earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 141.09% more than the national average, earning R 572,928 per year; in United States they earn 9.4% more than the national average, earning $47,207 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.01% less than the national average, earning $48,686 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dähms | 93 | 27 | / |
| Dahams | 91 | 721 | / |
| Dahmsh | 91 | 4 | / |
| Daehms | 91 | 2 | / |
| Dams | 89 | 5,894 | / |
| Dahamsh | 83 | 55 | / |
| Daems | 80 | 6,568 | / |
| Damse | 80 | 3,468 | / |
| Daams | 80 | 1,610 | / |
| Dohms | 80 | 752 | / |
| Damms | 80 | 657 | / |
| Damsz | 80 | 114 | / |
| Damås | 80 | 95 | / |
| Damsø | 80 | 90 | / |
| Deams | 80 | 71 | / |
| Dhoms | 80 | 65 | / |
| Dehms | 80 | 45 | / |
| Daims | 80 | 13 | / |
| Dhams | 80 | 11 | / |
| Daums | 80 | 7 | / |
| Dayms | 80 | 5 | / |
| Damss | 80 | 4 | / |
| Damsh | 80 | 2 | / |
| Tdams | 80 | 1 | / |
| Dasms | 80 | 1 | / |
| Döhms | 80 | 1 | / |
| Dahamshe | 77 | 5 | / |
| Daamse | 73 | 395 | / |
| Dhomse | 73 | 332 | / |
| Damsch | 73 | 141 | / |
| Daamsh | 73 | 71 | / |
| Dhamse | 73 | 34 | / |
| Dhooms | 73 | 14 | / |
| Dheims | 73 | 2 | / |
| Deamse | 73 | 2 | / |
| Damsse | 73 | 2 | / |
| Damshe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Dammse | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dohmse | 73 | 1 | / |
| Daimse | 73 | 1 | / |
| Damsøe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dhamsh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dhemsh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Doms | 67 | 3,135 | / |
| Damz | 67 | 219 | / |
| Dems | 67 | 201 | / |
| Dammsch | 67 | 23 | / |
| D'Hooms | 67 | 22 | / |
| Damß | 67 | 12 | / |
| Damsche | 67 | 5 | / |
| Damś | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dohmsch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Damsová | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Dahms
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