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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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The dam name in History

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Distribution of dam Families in the US in 1920
Number of dam families
 16-30
 6-15		 1-5
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 18 - Messages: 36
ThreadAuthorReplies
Vander Dam EMORRIS9195 3
Rzehak and Dam RudolfVogt 1
Geigenberger RudolfVogt 0
Rzehak and Dam ameliahubbert59 0
Klaas (Nick) Dam m. Jannetje (Jenny) (Jennie) N. (Dam) Chris Waalkes 0
New England Marriages prior to 1700 ...page 202 louisemcky 0
Mary Dam, Damm, Dame, Dahm in Quebec circa 1800? MFord 1
picture of esther hoatland teresa craft 0
Nick Dam aka Nick Vander Dam DOB 2/18/12 Sioux City IA Mary (Vander Dam) Hoatland 5
Dams in Arkansas LyndaAnderson81 0
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