# Dandy (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,480 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,609 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 208,612 people |
| Change since 2000 | +14% (1,296 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dandy 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) | 47% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 43% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dandy in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Dandy

- Walter Dandy, American neurosurgeon (1886–1946)
- Jess Dandy, American actor (1871-1923)
- James Edgar Dandy, British botanist (1903-1976)

## Similar surnames

Deanda, Dendy, Dant, Dando, Dent, Donato, Damato, Dinwiddie, Demuth, Dennett, DeMott, DiMatteo.

## 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.