Find out how popular the last name Dach is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Dach.

Dach, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Dach surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Dach in America

Dach is the 58604th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Dach surname appeared 346 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Dach.

We can also compare 2010 data for Dach to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Dach

The surname DACH is of German origin, arising in the late Middle Ages around the 13th or 14th century. It is derived from the Middle High German word "dach", meaning "roof" or "thatch". This suggests the name may have originated as an occupational surname for a roofer or thatcher.

The earliest known recorded instance of the surname DACH can be found in medieval German records from the 14th century, such as the 1354 entry of "Henrich Dach" in the city of Cologne. Variations in spelling at the time included Dache, Dache, and Dache.

One notable early bearer of the DACH surname was the German Renaissance scholar and humanist Johannes Dach (c. 1500-1559), who was born in Nuremberg and became a professor of Greek and Latin at the University of Wittenberg. He was a friend and colleague of Martin Luther and helped spread the ideas of the Protestant Reformation.

In the 17th century, the DACH name appeared in the records of the German village of Dachau, located near Munich in Bavaria. It is possible that this place name, meaning "at the brooks", may have influenced the surname's spelling and pronunciation in that region.

Another prominent figure with the DACH surname was the 18th century German philosopher and writer Johann August Dach (1721-1791), who wrote extensively on aesthetics and the philosophy of art. He was born in Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia).

The 19th century saw the birth of the German composer and organist Max Dach (1837-1903), who was born in Wittenberg and became known for his sacred choral works and organ compositions.

In more recent times, the Austrian physicist and Nobel Laureate Erwin Dach (1916-1988) made significant contributions to the field of quantum electrodynamics and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965 for his work on the theory of elementary particles.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Dach

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Dach.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Dach was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Dach has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Dach was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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