Frequency: (108)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. English (Hampshire): apparently from Middle English domp ‘vapor’, ‘gas’ (probably a loan word from Middle Low German), applied as a topographic name.
2. North German and Danish: habitational name from a place called Damp, for example the one near Kiel.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
