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The Dart surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,594 people carried this name — #9,092 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 82,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 3,414 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Dart surname

Metonymic occupational surname for a maker of darts, from Middle English dart.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Dart» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 158 people named Dart.

6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Seine-et-Marne.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 6
Seine-et-Marne 31
Aisne 24
Nord 22
Marne 20
Ain 10
Gard 7
Ardennes 6
Indre-et-Loire 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Dart in American newspapers,
1877–1923.

Newspaper page from The Bossier Banner carrying the name Dart
The Bossier Banner 1877-09-27
Newspaper page from White Pine News carrying the name Dart
White Pine News 1923-04-15
Newspaper page from Weekly Courier-journal carrying the name Dart
Weekly Courier-journal 1896-06-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 571,933 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Dart,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Dart
    John Dart d. 1730 · lawyer
  • Henrietta Dart
    Henrietta Dart 1750–1783
  • Joseph Dart
    Joseph Dart 1799–1879 · businessperson
  • William A. Dart
    William A. Dart 1814–1890 · lawyer
  • Charles H. Dart d. 1941 · politician
  • George Philips Dart 1811–1885 · merchant

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Dart is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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