Damm History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Damm family
The surname Damm was first found in Oldenburg, where the name emerged in mediaeval times as one of the notable families of the region. From the 13th century on the surname was identified with the great social and economic evolution which made this territory a landmark contributor to the development of the German nation.
Early History of the Damm family
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Damm Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Damann, Dammann, Daman, Dammann, Damm and others.
Early Notables of the Damm family (pre 1700)
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Damm Ranking
In the United States, the name Damm is the 12,240th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. [1]
Damm migration to the United States +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Damm Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
- Heinrich Damm, who landed in America in 1754 [2]
- Jacob Damm, who landed in New York, NY in 1782 [2]
Damm Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- Miss Damm, who landed in Brazil in 1828 [2]
- Johan Fredrik Damm, aged 43, who arrived in New York in 1830 [2]
- Johann Heinrich Damm, who arrived in America in 1834 [2]
- Casper Damm, who arrived in Somerset County, Pennsylvania in 1837 [2]
- Johann Damm, who landed in Texas in 1846 [2]
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Damm migration to Canada +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Damm Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
- Theopilus Damm, who landed in Nova Scotia in 1750
Contemporary Notables of the name Damm (post 1700) +
- John T. Damm, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for Michigan State Attorney General, 1952 [3]
- Henry Christian Augustus Damm (1874-1929), American politician, U.S. Consul in Cornwall, 1909-12; Stettin, 1912-15; Aix-la-Chapelle, 1915-17; Stavanger, 1917-18, 1919; Christiania, 1918; Copenhagen, 1919-20; Malaga, 1920-21 [3]
- George Damm, American Democratic Party politician, Member of Virginia State House of Delegates, 1950 [3]
- Dixie Damm, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 2004 [3]
- Helene A. von Damm (b. 1938), American politician, U.S. Ambassador to Austria, 1983-86 [4]
- Christian Tobias Damm (1699-1778), renowned German Classical philologist
- Tobias Damm (b. 1983), German football player
- Arvid Gerhard Damm (d. 1927), Swedish engineer and inventor
- Carina Damm (b. 1979), Brazilian female mixed martial artist
- Martin Damm (b. 1972), Czechoslovakian former professional tennis player
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Citations +
- ^ https://namecensus.com/most_common_surnames.htm
- ^ Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- ^ The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, December 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
- ^ The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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