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The surname Dannenberg

A German surname, carried by 1,014 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D551

Dannenberg: #24,629 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Dannenberg #24,629, 1,014 people Dannenberg: #24,629 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Dannenberg #24,629, 1,014 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dannenberg is more common than 84.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Dannenberg.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,014 people named Dannenberg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 304,483 Americans. That is down 8.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,111.

#24,629
rank among US surnames
1,014
people in 2010
0.3
per 100,000 Americans
-8.7%
change since 2000 (was #21,814)

Who is named Dannenberg

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

92% of people named Dannenberg identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.5% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 92%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
  • Two or more races 2.5%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

  • Danenberg

Dannenberg has the Soundex code D551, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D551.

Other German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dannenberg come from?
Borrowed from German Dannenberg.
How common is the surname Dannenberg?
1,014 people in the United States had the surname Dannenberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 304,483 Americans. It ranked 24,629th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dannenberg?
In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Dannenberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Dannenberg getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,111 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,014 in 2010, down 8.7%.
What are other spellings of Dannenberg?
Danenberg.