How common is the surname Dancy?

5,551 people in the United States had the surname Dancy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 55,620 Americans. It ranked 6,165th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Dancy getting more or less common?

More common. 5,251 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,551 in 2010, up 5.7%.

The surname Dancy

A surname, carried by 5,551 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dancy is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

Variant spelling of Dansie.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,551 people named Dancy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 55,620 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,251.

#6,165

rank among US surnames

5,551

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+5.7%

change since 2000 (was #6,029)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,156	McCraw	5,561	55,520
#6,157	Houk	5,560	55,530
#6,158	Sokol	5,559	55,540
#6,160	Philpot	5,558	55,550
#6,161	Appleby	5,556	55,570
#6,162	Crone	5,555	55,580
#6,164	Olszewski	5,554	55,590

Who is named Dancy

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

62% of people named Dancy identified as Black (not Hispanic), 34% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 62%
White (not Hispanic) 34%
Two or more races 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dancy

Dancy has the Soundex code D520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D520.

Questions

Where does the surname Dancy come from?: Variant spelling of Dansie.
How common is the surname Dancy?: 5,551 people in the United States had the surname Dancy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 55,620 Americans. It ranked 6,165th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dancy?: In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Dancy identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 34% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Dancy getting more or less common?: More common. 5,251 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,551 in 2010, up 5.7%.