Last Name DAHMS

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Not available

Origin	Dutch, Austrian, South african

Rank	14,745 (2000 US census)	13,311 (1990 US census)

Count	1,847 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

97.13%, or 1794 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.38%, or 7 total occurrences, as black,
0.49%, or 9 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.32%, or 6 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.08%, or 20 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
0.6%, or 11 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Russian middle names

As with many things that are 'Russian,' neither child nor his parents has much choice in picking the name. It is purely patronymic and generally predefined at the time when the child is born or even rather conceived. The name is derived from the child's father's first...

Scottish surnames

Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...