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    The surname Dancer

    An occupational surname, carried by 2,682 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D526

    Dancer: #11,685 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dancer #11,685, 2,682 people Dancer: #11,685 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dancer #11,685, 2,682 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dancer is more common than 92.8% of them.

    Origin

    From dancer. (reindeer): First attested in the 1823 poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas”

    Dancer is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,682 people named Dancer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 115,118 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,391.

    #11,685
    rank among US surnames
    2,682
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.2%
    change since 2000 (was #11,986)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,679Petitt2,684115,032
    #11,683Pridemore2,683115,075
    #11,685Rorie2,682115,118
    #11,688Rotondo2,681115,161
    #11,694Stpeter2,680115,204

    Who is named Dancer

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    64% of people named Dancer identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 64%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 29%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Dancers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Barry Dancer
      Australian field hockey player, born 1952

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Danser

    Surnames that sound like Dancer

    Dancer has the Soundex code D526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D526.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Dancer come from?
    From dancer. (reindeer): First attested in the 1823 poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas”
    How common is the surname Dancer?
    2,682 people in the United States had the surname Dancer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,118 Americans. It ranked 11,685th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dancer?
    In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Dancer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Dancer?
    Barry Dancer, Australian field hockey player.
    Where is the surname Dancer most common?
    Wikidata records people named Dancer in Australia.
    What type of surname is Dancer?
    Dancer is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Dancer getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,391 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,682 in 2010, up 12%.
    What are other spellings of Dancer?
    Danser.