View the most partisan surnames in The United States

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

Dames (Arabic: داميس, Marathi: दामेस, Oriya: ଡାେମସ, Russian: Дамес) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Damès or Damés. For other possible spellings of Dames click here.

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

The surname is the 56,528^th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 812,617 people. Dames occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 37 percent of Dames are found; 19 percent are found in North America and 19 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 271,926^th most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 893 people.

Dames is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 2,001 people, or 1 in 181,139. In The United States Dames is primarily found in: Missouri, where 18 percent reside, Florida, where 15 percent reside and New York, where 11 percent reside. Besides The United States it occurs in 63 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 16 percent reside and South Africa, where 13 percent reside.

Dames Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Dames has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 910 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 276 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 133 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it contracted 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dames Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Catholic (91%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Dames surname are 4.52% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 57.75% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Dames earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 55.39% more than the national average, earning R 369,264 per year; in United States they earn 5.26% more than the national average, earning $45,418 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.26% more than the national average, earning $53,288 CAD per year.