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

Dam (Arabic: عدام, Bengali: দাম, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﺍﻡ, Hindi: दाम, Marathi: दाम, Oriya: ଦାମ, Russian: Дам, Tibetan: དམ་) is found most in Vietnam. It may also be rendered as a variant: Dám. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

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

This surname is the 4,361^st most frequently held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 56,472 people. The last name Dam occurs predominantly in Asia, where 82 percent of Dam live; 64 percent live in Southeast Asia and 55 percent live in Viet-Asia. Dam is also the 19,163^rd most common forename globally It is held by 47,956 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Vietnam, where it is borne by 71,456 people, or 1 in 1,297. In Vietnam Dam is most common in: Red River Delta, where 32 percent live, Northeast, where 19 percent live and Southeast, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account Vietnam this last name occurs in 134 countries. It is also common in India, where 10 percent live and Cambodia, where 7 percent live.

Dam Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Dam has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 2,093 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 1,611 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dam Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Orthodox (64%) in Russia, Maronite (50%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (80%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Dam surname are 3.4% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 56.63% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Dam earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 14.4% more than the national average, earning 395,921 kr per year; in Peru they earn 85.3% more than the national average, earning S/. 35,921 per year; in South Africa they earn 38.59% less than the national average, earning R 145,932 per year; in Vietnam they earn 3.57% less than the national average, earning 79,501,000 ₫ per year; in United States they earn 12.89% more than the national average, earning $48,710 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.97% more than the national average, earning $53,148 CAD per year.