Dam Family History
Dam Name Meaning
Vietnamese ({D-}àm): unexplained.Other Southeast Asian: unexplained.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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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Dam
Name Distribution of Dam Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Dam families
 16 - 30  6 - 15 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Dam families
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17 - 31 6 - 16 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Dam families
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3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Dam census records
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Dam Family Origin
Dam Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Dam
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Dam Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Dam census records
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Dam Civil War Service Records
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