Frequency: (128)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Dutch: habitational name from any of the many places in the Netherlands named Dam or Ten Damme, from dam ‘dam’, ‘dike’.
2. German: variant of Damm 2.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
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