How common is the surname Dandy?

1,480 people in the United States had the surname Dandy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 208,612 Americans. It ranked 18,609th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dandy?

Walter Dandy, American neurosurgeon (1886–1946), followed by Jess Dandy.

Where is the surname Dandy most common?

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

Is the surname Dandy getting more or less common?

More common. 1,296 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,480 in 2010, up 14%.

The surname Dandy

A surname, carried by 1,480 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). Dandy is more common than 88.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,480 people named Dandy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 208,612 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,296.

#18,609

rank among US surnames

1,480

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+14.2%

change since 2000 (was #19,343)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,601	Beerman	1,481	208,471
#18,609	Bosquez	1,480	208,612
#18,614	Hayles	1,479	208,753

Who is named Dandy

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

47% of people named Dandy identified as white (not Hispanic), 43% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 47%
Black (not Hispanic) 43%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.2%
Two or more races 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dandys

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Notable Dandys come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dandy

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

Questions

How common is the surname Dandy?: 1,480 people in the United States had the surname Dandy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 208,612 Americans. It ranked 18,609th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dandy?: In the 2010 Census, 47% of people named Dandy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 43% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dandy?: Walter Dandy, American neurosurgeon (1886–1946), followed by Jess Dandy.
Where is the surname Dandy most common?: Wikidata records people named Dandy in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Dandy getting more or less common?: More common. 1,296 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,480 in 2010, up 14%.