How common is the surname Dangerfield?

3,087 people in the United States had the surname Dangerfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,015 Americans. It ranked 10,424th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dangerfield?

Crystal Dangerfield, American basketball player (born 1998).

Where is the surname Dangerfield most common?

Wikidata records people named Dangerfield in the United States.

Is the surname Dangerfield getting more or less common?

More common. 2,798 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,087 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Dangerfield

A surname, carried by 3,087 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D526

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dangerfield is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,087 people named Dangerfield in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 100,015 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,798.

#10,424

rank among US surnames

3,087

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+10.3%

change since 2000 (was #10,519)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,416	Diana	3,090	99,918
#10,422	Pyne	3,089	99,950
#10,424	Boots	3,087	100,015
#10,427	Belew	3,086	100,047
#10,429	Yearwood	3,085	100,080

Who is named Dangerfield

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

48% of people named Dangerfield identified as Black (not Hispanic), 47% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 48%
White (not Hispanic) 47%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Dangerfields

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Crystal Dangerfield
American basketball player (born 1998)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dangerfield

Dancer

Dangerfield has the Soundex code D526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D526.

Questions

How common is the surname Dangerfield?: 3,087 people in the United States had the surname Dangerfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,015 Americans. It ranked 10,424th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dangerfield?: In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Dangerfield identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 47% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dangerfield?: Crystal Dangerfield, American basketball player (born 1998).
Where is the surname Dangerfield most common?: Wikidata records people named Dangerfield in the United States.
Is the surname Dangerfield getting more or less common?: More common. 2,798 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,087 in 2010, up 10%.