Dame Surname
Approximately 17,290 people bear this surname
Dame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,979 | 1:72,798 | 8,407 |
| Ethiopia | 3,220 | 1:30,294 | 3,612 |
| Indonesia | 1,201 | 1:110,116 | 11,249 |
| Canada | 795 | 1:46,347 | 5,689 |
| Nigeria | 718 | 1:246,717 | 14,287 |
| Niger | 698 | 1:27,496 | 1,586 |
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| France | 588 | 1:112,964 | 16,927 |
| Ghana | 554 | 1:48,774 | 5,381 |
| Mali | 452 | 1:37,542 | 1,092 |
| Papua New Guinea | 426 | 1:19,140 | 1,957 |
| Brazil | 348 | 1:615,156 | 22,898 |
| Mauritania | 327 | 1:12,523 | 1,214 |
| India | 325 | 1:2,360,201 | 76,760 |
| Netherlands | 314 | 1:53,781 | 9,233 |
| Belgium | 229 | 1:50,204 | 8,179 |
| Kenya | 206 | 1:224,174 | 15,814 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Germany | 161 | 1:500,034 | 42,738 |
| Cameroon | 134 | 1:154,993 | 16,949 |
| Burkina Faso | 105 | 1:174,782 | 4,105 |
| Philippines | 77 | 1:1,314,782 | 98,554 |
| England | 68 | 1:819,383 | 43,863 |
| Ivory Coast | 64 | 1:360,488 | 12,777 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Latvia | 31 | 1:66,131 | 9,862 |
| Italy | 24 | 1:2,548,195 | 95,018 |
| Haiti | 23 | 1:464,518 | 10,761 |
| Nauru | 23 | 1:516 | 148 |
| Norway | 22 | 1:233,740 | 25,571 |
| Russia | 21 | 1:6,863,003 | 268,198 |
| Iran | 20 | 1:3,839,126 | 105,129 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| Israel | 15 | 1:570,509 | 41,023 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| Albania | 11 | 1:264,914 | 15,006 |
| Hungary | 9 | 1:1,090,697 | 49,203 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| Nepal | 8 | 1:3,560,120 | 10,569 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Senegal | 5 | 1:2,915,868 | 5,479 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 1:11,380,674 | 331,818 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| North Macedonia | 3 | 1:700,491 | 23,754 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 29 | 1:840,530 | 36,623 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,023 | 1:49,090 | 5,590 |
The alternate forms: Damé (43) & Dāme (2) are calculated separately.
Dame (59,059) may also be a first name.
Dame Demographics
Average Male Dame Height
177.58 cm
Average Female Dame Height
162.82 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Dame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dame (Arabic: ديماء, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﺍﻡ, Hindi: दामे, Marathi: दमे, Oriya: ଡେମ, Russian: Дамье, Tibetan: སྒྲ་མེ་) is found most frequently in The United States. It can appear as a variant: Damé or Dāme. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dame? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dame is the 30,883rd most frequently occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 421,489 people. The last name Dame occurs predominantly in Africa, where 43 percent of Dame are found; 31 percent are found in North America and 29 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 16,060th most widespread first name on earth, borne by 59,059 people.
The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 4,979 people, or 1 in 72,798. In The United States Dame is mostly found in: Massachusetts, where 7 percent are found, Florida, where 7 percent are found and Missouri, where 7 percent are found. Aside from The United States this surname exists in 99 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 19 percent are found and Indonesia, where 7 percent are found.
Dame Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Dame has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dame surname grew 487 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 234 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 33 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Dame Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Dame surname are 7.1% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 53.87% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Dame earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 2.98% more than the national average, earning 356,408 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 78.63% less than the national average, earning R 50,772 per year; in United States they earn 0.84% more than the national average, earning $43,512 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.56% less than the national average, earning $46,920 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dame in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྒྲ་མེ་ | dramé | - |
| Dame in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﺍﻡ | dam | 84.86 |
| ﺩﺍﻣﻪ | damh | 10.81 |
| ﺍﺩﻡ | adm | 0.54 |
| ﺍﺩﺍﻣﻪ | adamh | 0.54 |
| ﺩﺍﻣﺎ | dama | 0.54 |
| Dame in the Marathi language | ||
| दमे | dame | 75.18 |
| दामे | dame | 21.22 |
| ढमे | dhame | 1.44 |
| डामे | dame | 1.44 |
| डमे | dame | 0.72 |
| Dame in the Hindi language | ||
| दामे | dame | 54.55 |
| दमे | dame | 45.45 |
| Dame in the Oriya language | ||
| ଡେମ | dema | 51.16 |
| ଦାେମ | daema | 29.46 |
| ଦେମ | dema | 17.83 |
| ଡାେମ | daema | 1.55 |
| Dame in the Russian language | ||
| Дамье | dame | - |
| Dame in the Arabic language | ||
| ديماء | dyma | - |
| دماء | dma | - |
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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 Dame
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