# Dane (surname)

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

A surname transferred from the nickname for someone who came from Denmark, also a variant of Dean.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,036 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,555 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 101,695 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.6% (3,019 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /deɪn/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Middle English Dane, from Old Norse danir or Old English Dene. Both forms ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic *daniz.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dane 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dane in the United States.

## People named Dane

- Eric Dane, American actor (1972–2026)
- Barbara Dane, American singer
- Patricia Dane, actress (1919-1995)
- Hugh Dane, American actor (1942-2018)

## Similar surnames

Dean, Doan, Deane, Doane, Dana, Danna, Dann, Dan, Duane, Duan, Dawn, Dahn.

## 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.