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    The surname Danner

    A surname, carried by 10,786 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D560

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Danner is more common than 97.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,786 people named Danner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,625 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,422.

    #3,328
    rank among US surnames
    10,786
    people in 2010
    3.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.5%
    change since 2000 (was #3,161)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,323Laney10,79628,598
    #3,324Custer10,79028,614
    #3,326Wolford10,78928,617
    #3,328Danner10,78628,625

    Who is named Danner

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

    84% of people named Danner identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Danners

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Blythe Danner
      American actress (born 1943)
    • Pat Danner
      American politician, born 1934

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Danner

    Danner has the Soundex code D560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D560.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Danner?
    10,786 people in the United States had the surname Danner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,625 Americans. It ranked 3,328th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Danner?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Danner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Danner?
    Blythe Danner, American actress (born 1943), followed by Pat Danner.
    Where is the surname Danner most common?
    Wikidata records people named Danner in the United States.
    Is the surname Danner getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,422 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,786 in 2010, up 3.5%.