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Where Does The Last Name Dahms Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Dahms is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Dähms. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dahms? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name Dahms is the 56,887^th most prevalent family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 818,090 people. The last name Dahms occurs predominantly in Europe, where 63 percent of Dahms live; 61 percent live in Western Europe and 61 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 5,385 people, or 1 in 14,950. In Germany Dahms is most numerous in: Berlin, where 19 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Germany Dahms occurs in 32 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.

Dahms Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Dahms has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dahms surname expanded 1,217 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 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 Republicans than The US average, with 66.61% registered to vote for the 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.