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    The surname Dantas

    A surname, carried by 412 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D532

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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). Dantas is more common than 68.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 412 people named Dantas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 749,382 Americans. That is up 36% since 2000, when the Census counted 302.

    #50,659
    rank among US surnames
    412
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +36.4%
    change since 2000 (was #62,046)

    Who is named Dantas

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

    81% of people named Dantas identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 6.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 6.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Dantass

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Tiago Dantas
      Association football player, born 2000
    • Rodrigo Dantas
      Brazilian footballer, born 1989
    • Márcia Dantas
      Brazilian journalist, born 1987
    • Ayrton Lucas
      Brazilian association football player, born 1997

    Notable Dantass come mostly from Brazil (3) and Portugal (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dantas

    Dantas has the Soundex code D532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D532.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Dantas?
    412 people in the United States had the surname Dantas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 749,382 Americans. It ranked 50,659th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dantas?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Dantas identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Dantas?
    Tiago Dantas, association football player, followed by Rodrigo Dantas.
    Where is the surname Dantas most common?
    Wikidata records people named Dantas in Brazil and Portugal.
    Is the surname Dantas getting more or less common?
    More common. 302 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 412 in 2010, up 36%.