Dumins Surname

1,537,949th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 135 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Dumins Surname User-submission:

Dumins is a Latvian surname, which means 'little smoke'. Dum (pronounced doom) translates to 'smoke' in English and -ins is a Latvian suffix, which means 'tiny' or 'little'.

Dumins Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia1231:16,6672,469
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Dūmiņš (3) are calculated separately.

Dumins Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Dumins is a Latvian surname, which means 'little smoke'. Dum (pronounced doom) translates to 'smoke' in English and -ins is a Latvian suffix, which means 'tiny' or 'little'.

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Dumins Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dumins Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Dumins is carried by more people in Latvia than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Dūmiņš. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dumins? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,537,949th most commonly used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 53,981,822 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Dumins reside; 93 percent reside in Northern Europe and 91 percent reside in Baltic Europe.

It is most frequent in Latvia, where it is borne by 123 people, or 1 in 16,667. In Latvia Dumins is most numerous in: Riga Planning Region, where 55 percent live, Vidzeme, where 17 percent live and Latgale, where 15 percent live. Barring Latvia this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Dumins Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Dumins has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Dumins surname increased 700 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dumins Last Name Statistics demography

Dumins earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 26.71% less than the national average, earning $31,625 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dumiens921/
Dumns911/
Domins8358/
Dimins8346/
Dumens8318/
Dūmiņš833/
Deumens77158/
Daumens7769/
Doumens7734/
Dimmins778/
Dumynsh772/
Dumaens770/
Domns732/
Domens67658/
Dimens676/
Doemens6241/
Doumenz6228/
Dumenze621/
Dihmens621/
Domen's621/
Domensch571/
Diemünsch532/
Doumendje531/
Domenz5045/
Dimiņš501/
Domiņš501/
Dimenz501/

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