Explore the Family Name Dumars

The meaning of Dumars

1. French: habitational name, with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’, denoting someone from any of several places called Mars (see Mars 2). This surname is very rare in France. 2. Alternatively, an altered form of some similar (like-sounding) French surname, possibly Demars 2, a cognate of 1 above.

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How common is the last name Dumars in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Dumars saw a decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 50,903, but by 2010, it had fallen to 61,123, a drop of over 20%. The number of people bearing this surname also declined during this period. There were 385 individuals with the surname Dumars in 2000, and this number decreased by approximately 14.55% to 329 by 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#50,903	#61,123	-20.08%
Count	385	329	-14.55%
Proportion per 100k	0.14	0.11	-21.43%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Dumars

The ethnic identity associated with the Dumars surname also showed some changes, as shown in the Decennial U.S. Census data. The percentage of those identifying as White decreased from 80% in 2000 to 76.29% in 2010. Interestingly, the Black ethnicity category saw an increase, going from 14.81% in 2000 to 18.84% in 2010. The proportion of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and Two or more races also shifted, with the former rising from 0% to 1.52%, and the latter decreasing from 2.60% to 2.13%. The Hispanic category fell to zero in 2010, and there were no reported American Indian and Alaskan Native identifiers in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	80%	76.29%	-4.64%
Black	14.81%	18.84%	27.21%
Two or More Races	2.6%	2.13%	-18.08%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.52%	0%
Hispanic	1.3%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%