How common is the surname Dann?

3,735 people in the United States had the surname Dann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,663 Americans. It ranked 8,775th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Dann getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,062 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,735 in 2010, down 8.1%.

The surname Dann

A surname, carried by 3,735 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dann is more common than 94.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,735 people named Dann in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 82,663 Americans. That is down 8.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,062.

#8,775

rank among US surnames

3,735

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

-8.1%

change since 2000 (was #7,550)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,770	Hine	3,738	82,596
#8,772	Partain	3,737	82,619
#8,773	Peer	3,736	82,641
#8,775	Hosey	3,735	82,663
#8,780	Wille	3,734	82,685
#8,784	Lorenzen	3,733	82,707

Who is named Dann

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

86% of people named Dann identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dann

Dann 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 Dann?: 3,735 people in the United States had the surname Dann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,663 Americans. It ranked 8,775th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dann?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Dann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Dann getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,062 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,735 in 2010, down 8.1%.