The Damm surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,525 people carried this name — #12,312 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 116,300 people counted. That is down 2% from 2,589 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 177 people named Damm live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Misiones.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 165 people named Damm.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Poland’s population register
117 people named Damm have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 184 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
106 people named Damm live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 61 people named Damm 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 Limburg.
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 the Nordic population registers
383 people named Damm is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Damm in American newspapers,
1905–1907.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 38,826 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Damm,
with a public archive behind them.
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Franz Damm d. 1866
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Gustav Andreas Damm d. 1875
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Tile von Damm 1310–1374
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Bertram von Damm 1495–1542 · physician
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Philipp von Damm 1557–1599
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Ilse von Damm 1594–1673
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Damm.
- Damiani 1,857 · U.S. census
- Damiano 2,880 · U.S. census
- Damico 13,109 · U.S. census
- Damien 377 · U.S. census
- Damin 143 · U.S. census
- Damis 257 · U.S. census
- Damman 656 · U.S. census
- Damo 357 · U.S. census
- Damon 7,555 · U.S. census
- Damond 183 · U.S. census
- Damour 789 · U.S. census
- Dams 288 · U.S. census
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