How common is the surname Dando?

606 people in the United States had the surname Dando in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 509,481 Americans. It ranked 36,838th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dando?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Dando identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Dando?

Evan Dando, American rock musician.

Where is the surname Dando most common?

Wikidata records people named Dando in the United States.

Is the surname Dando getting more or less common?

Less common. 729 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 606 in 2010, down 17%.

The surname Dando

A Norman place surname, carried by 606 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dando is more common than 77.3% of them.

Origin

Norman origin

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

Dando is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 606 people named Dando in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 509,481 Americans. That is down 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 729.

#36,838

rank among US surnames

606

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-16.9%

change since 2000 (was #30,292)

Who is named Dando

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

91% of people named Dando identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dandos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Evan Dando
American rock musician, born 1967

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Dendle

Surnames that sound like Dando

Dando has the Soundex code D530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D530.

Other Norman surnames

All 128 Norman surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dando come from?: English habitational surname of Norman origin, from one of the two villages named Aunou, in France.
How common is the surname Dando?: 606 people in the United States had the surname Dando in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 509,481 Americans. It ranked 36,838th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dando?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Dando identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Dando?: Evan Dando, American rock musician.
Where is the surname Dando most common?: Wikidata records people named Dando in the United States.
What type of surname is Dando?: Dando is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Dando getting more or less common?: Less common. 729 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 606 in 2010, down 17%.
What are other spellings of Dando?: Dendle.