How common is the surname Danes?

610 people in the United States had the surname Danes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 506,140 Americans. It ranked 36,630th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Danes?

In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Danes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Danes?

Claire Danes, American actor (born 1979).

Where is the surname Danes most common?

Wikidata records people named Danes in the United States.

How do you pronounce Danes?

Danes is /deɪnz/, one syllable.

Is the surname Danes getting more or less common?

More common. 559 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 610 in 2010, up 9.1%.

The surname Danes

A Dutch patronymic surname, carried by 610 people in the United States.

Pronounced /deɪnz/ 1 syllable Soundex D520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Danes is more common than 77.4% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

Various origins: * Patronymic or genitive form of Dane, a variant of Dean. * Borrowed from Dutch Danes, a short form of the personal name Daniel. * Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Daneš.

Danes is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 610 people named Danes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 506,140 Americans. That is up 9.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 559.

#36,630

rank among US surnames

610

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+9.1%

change since 2000 (was #37,480)

Who is named Danes

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

88% of people named Danes identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Two or more races 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Daness

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Claire Danes
American actor (born 1979)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Danes

Danes has the Soundex code D520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D520.

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Danes come from?: Various origins: * Patronymic or genitive form of Dane, a variant of Dean. * Borrowed from Dutch Danes, a short form of the personal name Daniel. * Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Daneš.
How common is the surname Danes?: 610 people in the United States had the surname Danes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 506,140 Americans. It ranked 36,630th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Danes?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Danes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Danes?: Claire Danes, American actor (born 1979).
Where is the surname Danes most common?: Wikidata records people named Danes in the United States.
How do you pronounce Danes?: Danes is /deɪnz/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Danes?: Danes is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Danes getting more or less common?: More common. 559 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 610 in 2010, up 9.1%.