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    The surname Dansby

    A surname, carried by 3,019 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D521

    Dansby: #10,607 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dansby #10,607, 3,019 people Dansby: #10,607 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dansby #10,607, 3,019 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dansby is more common than 93.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,019 people named Dansby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 102,267 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,926.

    #10,607
    rank among US surnames
    3,019
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #10,131)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,598Chumley3,022102,166
    #10,601Boice3,021102,200
    #10,603Hugo3,020102,234
    #10,607Kollar3,019102,267
    #10,613Kelch3,018102,301
    #10,614Boateng3,017102,335
    #10,615Vila3,016102,369

    Who is named Dansby

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

    53% of people named Dansby identified as Black (not Hispanic), 40% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 53%
    • White (not Hispanic) 40%
    • Two or more races 3.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Dansby?
    3,019 people in the United States had the surname Dansby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,267 Americans. It ranked 10,607th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dansby?
    In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Dansby identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 40% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Dansby getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,926 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,019 in 2010, up 3.2%.