The Dame surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,647 people carried this name — #8,971 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 80,600 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,528 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 490 people named Dame.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 38 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 117 people named Dame live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Dame in American newspapers,
1900–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 888,567 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Dame,
with a public archive behind them.
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Harriet Patience Dame 1815–1900 · nurse -
Charles Chase Dame 1819–1901 · politician -
Lorin Low Dame 1838–1903 · teacher -
Albert Levi Dame 1841– · politician -
Edmond Dame 1893–1956 · amateur wrestler -
John Dame 1784– · explorer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dame.
- Dalon 137 · U.S. census
- Daly 31,330 · U.S. census
- Dam 3,186 · U.S. census
- Damas 1,290 · U.S. census
- Dambach 408 · U.S. census
- Dambreville 154 · U.S. census
- Damen 210 · U.S. census
- Dameron 3,917 · U.S. census
- Damery 312 · U.S. census
- Dames 1,998 · U.S. census
- Dami 204 · U.S. census
- Damian 7,048 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Dame is.
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