Damm Family History
Damm Name Meaning
German and Danish: topographic name from Middle High German
damm ‘dike’. In large parts of northern Germany (including
Berlin), damm denoted the main, i.e. paved, road, which was
generally raised in areas of swampy or sandy terrain.German: from a short form of a personal name containing the Old
High German element thank ‘thanks’, ‘reward’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Damm
Name Distribution of Damm Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Damm families
 42 - 82  15 - 41 |
 1 - 14  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Damm families
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18 - 33 7 - 17 |
1 - 6 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Damm families
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3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Damm Family Origin
Damm Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Damm
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Damm Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Damm census records
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Damm Civil War Service Records
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