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dam Name Meaning and History

  1. Vietnamese ({D-}àm): unexplained.
  2. Other Southeast Asian: unexplained.
  3. Dutch, Swedish, and Danish: topographic name for someone living by a dam or pond (dam). Compare Dutch Van Dam.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of dam Families in the US in 1920
Number of dam families
 16-30
 6-15
 1-5
 0
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