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    The surname Danh

    A surname, carried by 1,294 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D500

    Danh: #20,502 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Danh #20,502, 1,294 people Danh: #20,502 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Danh #20,502, 1,294 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Danh is more common than 87.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,294 people named Danh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 238,598 Americans. That is up 34% since 2000, when the Census counted 963.

    #20,502
    rank among US surnames
    1,294
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +34.4%
    change since 2000 (was #24,368)

    Who is named Danh

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

    92% of people named Danh identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.4% as two or more races and 2.2% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 92%
    • Two or more races 3.4%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Danh

    Danh has the Soundex code D500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Danh?
    1,294 people in the United States had the surname Danh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 238,598 Americans. It ranked 20,502nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Danh?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Danh identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.4% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Danh getting more or less common?
    More common. 963 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,294 in 2010, up 34%.