Dumas Surname
Approximately 77,862 people bear this surname
Dumas Surname Definition:
(French) Of the Little Farm or Estate [South. French mas, Low Latin mans-us; conn. with Latin mansio, a station]
Read More About This SurnameDumas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 31,268 | 1:2,124 | 134 |
| United States | 22,331 | 1:16,231 | 2,054 |
| Canada | 9,053 | 1:4,070 | 540 |
| Philippines | 3,482 | 1:29,075 | 4,128 |
| Haiti | 2,318 | 1:4,609 | 582 |
| Brazil | 1,225 | 1:174,755 | 6,731 |
| Ecuador | 1,037 | 1:15,338 | 2,337 |
| Nicaragua | 973 | 1:6,188 | 579 |
| Switzerland | 842 | 1:9,754 | 1,596 |
| South Africa | 575 | 1:94,222 | 11,515 |
| Netherlands | 350 | 1:48,249 | 8,255 |
| Argentina | 346 | 1:123,536 | 10,431 |
| Mexico | 333 | 1:372,751 | 7,627 |
| Australia | 323 | 1:83,578 | 9,683 |
| England | 303 | 1:183,888 | 16,484 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Ukraine | 215 | 1:211,733 | 28,431 |
| Gabon | 202 | 1:9,352 | 1,744 |
| Dominican Republic | 185 | 1:56,394 | 2,803 |
| Chile | 173 | 1:101,829 | 3,828 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 171 | 1:7,976 | 1,161 |
| Indonesia | 150 | 1:881,661 | 66,139 |
| Germany | 146 | 1:551,407 | 45,588 |
| Portugal | 142 | 1:73,368 | 3,778 |
| Spain | 128 | 1:365,250 | 20,590 |
| Italy | 105 | 1:582,445 | 54,819 |
| Poland | 94 | 1:404,348 | 43,186 |
| Belgium | 89 | 1:129,176 | 18,730 |
| Panama | 78 | 1:50,157 | 2,439 |
| New Caledonia | 68 | 1:4,062 | 723 |
| French Polynesia | 61 | 1:4,603 | 1,039 |
| Thailand | 58 | 1:1,217,902 | 177,118 |
| Cuba | 44 | 1:261,880 | 5,025 |
| Mauritius | 43 | 1:30,079 | 5,976 |
| Singapore | 39 | 1:141,223 | 6,278 |
| Honduras | 37 | 1:238,282 | 2,434 |
| Jamaica | 37 | 1:77,566 | 3,653 |
| New Zealand | 35 | 1:129,381 | 15,740 |
| United Arab Emirates | 34 | 1:269,479 | 19,099 |
| Peru | 32 | 1:993,254 | 18,991 |
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| Greece | 22 | 1:503,627 | 63,727 |
| Kazakhstan | 22 | 1:803,750 | 51,043 |
| Ireland | 21 | 1:224,235 | 8,707 |
| Sweden | 21 | 1:468,893 | 33,666 |
| Venezuela | 21 | 1:1,438,289 | 19,453 |
| Israel | 20 | 1:427,882 | 33,464 |
| Taiwan | 18 | 1:1,302,486 | 8,817 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| China | 14 | 1:97,665,826 | 5,141 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Saint Lucia | 11 | 1:16,253 | 1,328 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Gibraltar | 10 | 1:3,395 | 741 |
| Wales | 10 | 1:309,453 | 16,869 |
| Costa Rica | 9 | 1:531,119 | 4,381 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Uruguay | 9 | 1:381,306 | 22,825 |
| Northern Ireland | 7 | 1:263,577 | 11,625 |
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| Puerto Rico | 7 | 1:507,163 | 3,435 |
| Guatemala | 6 | 1:2,680,445 | 6,792 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Lebanon | 5 | 1:1,127,417 | 17,983 |
| Monaco | 5 | 1:7,413 | 1,114 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Anguilla | 4 | 1:3,359 | 324 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Dominica | 4 | 1:18,973 | 529 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Andorra | 2 | 1:41,919 | 1,654 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 1:3,171,944 | 6,376 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 72 | 1:338,547 | 21,815 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:534,745 | 14,325 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,462 | 1:20,398 | 2,581 |
The alternate forms: Dümas (18) & Dumaś (1) are calculated separately.
Dumas (2,069) may also be a first name.
Dumas Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(French) Of the Little Farm or Estate [South. French mas, Low Latin mans-us; conn. with Latin mansio, a station]
(French) Dweller on the little farm.
User-submitted Reference
Southern French, from preposition and definite article 'du' for someone living in an isolated dwelling in the country instead of a village from Occitan mas 'farmstead'.
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Average Male Dumas Height
175.9 cm
Average Female Dumas Height
163 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Dumas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dumas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dumas (Arabic: دوماس, Oriya: ଡୁମୁସ, Russian: Думас) is held by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Dümas or Dumaś. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dumas? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,290th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 93,596 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 49 percent of Dumas live; 42 percent live in Western Europe and 41 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 165,734th most widespread first name internationally, held by 2,069 people.
The last name Dumas is most frequently used in France, where it is borne by 31,268 people, or 1 in 2,124. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 32 percent live, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 16 percent live and Occitanie, where 14 percent live. Excluding France Dumas occurs in 127 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent live and Canada, where 12 percent live.
Dumas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Dumas has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Dumas surname grew 907 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 421 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 2,100 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it grew 1,000 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 71 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Dumas Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland, Latin Catholic (67%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (56%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Dumas surname are 5.17% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 51.94% registered with the party.
The amount Dumas earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 44.37% less than the national average, earning 192,526 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 50.53% more than the national average, earning R 357,720 per year; in United States they earn 4.41% less than the national average, earning $41,247 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.51% less than the national average, earning $42,475 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dumas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dumas in the Oriya language | ||
| ଡୁମୁସ | dumusa | 50 |
| ଡୁମସ | dumasa | 50 |
| Dumas in the Russian language | ||
| Думас | dumas | - |
| Dumas in the Arabic language | ||
| دوماس | dwmas | - |
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Dumas Reference & Research
Dumas DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Dumas FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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