Damm is used as a family name or surname in Germany, England. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Damm
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Germany, England
Meaning:

Dweller, or worker, at the dam or dike.

Damm is the variant form of Dam. Of Dam.

How popular is Damm?

Damm is common in Germany, United States, Denmark, Australia, Brazil, Russia, France, Sweden, Austria, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Poland, Argentina, Norway, Switzerland, Mexico, Bolivia, Belgium.

Damm is ranked 30528 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Damms plummeted by 2.47 per cent to 2525 since 2000 and slipped by 1088 spots and ranked at 12312. The last name was found in around 9 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.46 96.1
Others 2.18 0.66
Hispanic or Latino 1.39 1.2
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.87 0.73
Black 0.67 0.77
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.44 0.54
Damm is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany however Denmark is ahead in terms of density. Around 17512 people have been found who wears Damm as their family name. Damm is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Damm:
1,251 Germany8,067
15,158 United States2,466
245 Denmark1,917
Countries with hundreds of Damm:
5,357 Australia644
13,852 Brazil591
31,471 Russia466
23,407 France440
1,950 Sweden411
3,395 Austria394
14,140 Canada269
17,726 Saudi Arabia239
24,461 Poland213
17,041 Argentina207
5,059 Norway144
7,970 Switzerland126
13,775 Mexico114
3,957 Bolivia104
16,639 Belgium103
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
37,755 England86
12,855 Hungary70
8,218 Chile63
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
39,900 Netherlands47
42,856 Spain36
310,282 India35
271,580 Thailand28
90,678 South Africa27
48,237 Kazakhstan24
19,801 New Zealand24
61,288 Greece23
156,530 Ukraine23
52,868 Czechia21
416 Greenland14
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
45,718 Kyrgyzstan9
118,213 Italy7
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Johann Damm was 26 years old when he migrated to USA on June 19, 1852. He lived in Germany where he worked as farmer and took March. Of Queensbery from Bremen. 25 years old Carl Damm, Catharine Damm (24), Farmer Werner Damm, Heinrich Damm, aged 44, 25 years old Carl Damm, Friedr. Damm (28) Merchant, 4 years old Johan Damm, Lisette Damm, aged 31, and 425 other Damm around 42% of whom were farmer while others worked as engineer and servant, merchant, gardener, weaver, tailor, bricklayer, carpenter, laborer, shoemaker, daughter, smith, miller, saddler, baker, seamstress, seaman, miner, clerk, butcher, spinster, musician migrated to US from Bremen, Liverpool and Havre.

Damm Namesakes

  • Arvid Gerhard Damm, Swedish engineer and inventor
  • Vivian Van Damm, prominent London theatre impresario
  • Sheila van Damm, British woman competitor in motor rallying
  • Peter Damm, German horn player
  • Martin Damm, former a professional tennis player

Damm Namesakes

  • Arvid Gerhard Damm, Swedish engineer and inventor
  • Vivian Van Damm, prominent London theatre impresario
  • Sheila van Damm, British woman competitor in motor rallying
  • Peter Damm, German horn player
  • Martin Damm, former a professional tennis player

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