# Dando (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dando/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Norman.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norman |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 606 |
| US rank (2010) | 36,838 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 509,481 people |
| Change since 2000 | -16.9% (729 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Dendle |

## Etymology

English habitational surname of Norman origin, from one of the two villages named Aunou, in France.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dando in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dando in the United States.

## People named Dando

- Evan Dando, American rock musician

## Similar surnames

Deanda, Dandy, Dant, Donadio, Dent, Donato, Damato, Dinwiddie, Demuth, Dendy, Dennett, DeMott.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.