# Danzig (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/danzig/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 506 |
| US rank (2010) | 42,790 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 610,169 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.4% (499 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdæntsɪɡ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Danzig. Doublet of Gdańsk.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Danzig in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Danzig in the United States.

## People named Danzig

- Mac Danzig, American martial artist
- Allison Danzig, American sportswriter (1898-1987)
- Richard Danzig, American lawyer
- Sarah Palfrey Cooke, American tennis player (1912–1996)

## Similar surnames

Danziger, Dingus, Dingess, Dinges.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.