Dam (family name)

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Damm is a German family name .

Origin and meaning

On the one hand, Damm can be derived as a toponym , i.e. from a place of origin. Here, a place on a dam (s), a place on a dam, etc. could have given the name. Or it describes the short form of the Old High German first name thank for thanks, grace, wages.

distribution

Relative frequency of the family name Damm in Germany

The most common percentage occurrence of the surname Damm in Germany is around 25% in Hesse , here again in particular in the central Hessian district of Marburg-Biedenkopf , followed by the northern Hessian districts of Kassel and Schwalm-Eder-Kreis . The federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia (around 20%) and Saxony (around 10%) also follow .

variants

Germany

foreign countries

Name bearer

See also

Web links

Wiktionary: Damm  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. ahnenforschung.net accessed on April 10, 2007
  2. Dam . Geogen online service; Retrieved April 10, 2007