How common is the surname Danzig?

506 people in the United States had the surname Danzig in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 610,169 Americans. It ranked 42,790th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Danzig?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Danzig identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Danzig?

Mac Danzig, American martial artist, followed by Allison Danzig.

Where is the surname Danzig most common?

Wikidata records people named Danzig in the United States.

How do you pronounce Danzig?

Danzig is /ˈdæntsɪɡ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Danzig getting more or less common?

More common. 499 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 506 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname Danzig

A German surname, carried by 506 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdæntsɪɡ/ 2 syllables Soundex D522

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Danzig is more common than 73.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Danzig. Doublet of Gdańsk.

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 506 people named Danzig in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 610,169 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 499.

#42,790

rank among US surnames

506

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #41,203)

Who is named Danzig

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

96% of people named Danzig identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Danzigs

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mac Danzig
American martial artist, born 1980
Allison Danzig
American sportswriter (1898-1987)
Richard Danzig
American lawyer, born 1944
Sarah Palfrey Cooke
American tennis player (1912–1996)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Danzig

Danziger

Danzig has the Soundex code D522, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D522.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Danzig come from?: Borrowed from German Danzig. Doublet of Gdańsk.
How common is the surname Danzig?: 506 people in the United States had the surname Danzig in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 610,169 Americans. It ranked 42,790th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Danzig?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Danzig identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Danzig?: Mac Danzig, American martial artist, followed by Allison Danzig.
Where is the surname Danzig most common?: Wikidata records people named Danzig in the United States.
How do you pronounce Danzig?: Danzig is /ˈdæntsɪɡ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Danzig getting more or less common?: More common. 499 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 506 in 2010, up 1.4%.