How common is the surname Danziger?

1,003 people in the United States had the surname Danziger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 307,822 Americans. It ranked 24,822nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Danziger?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Danziger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Danziger?

Allen Danziger, American actor, followed by Paula Danziger.

Where is the surname Danziger most common?

Wikidata records people named Danziger in the United States.

Is the surname Danziger getting more or less common?

More common. 938 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,003 in 2010, up 6.9%.

The surname Danziger

A German surname, carried by 1,003 people in the United States.

3 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). Danziger is more common than 84.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Danziger, from Danzig.

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 1,003 people named Danziger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 307,822 Americans. That is up 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 938.

#24,822

rank among US surnames

1,003

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+6.9%

change since 2000 (was #24,892)

Who is named Danziger

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

97% of people named Danziger identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Danzigers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Allen Danziger
American actor, born 1942
Paula Danziger
American children's writer (1944–2004)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Donziger

Surnames that sound like Danziger

Danzig

Danziger 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 Danziger come from?: Borrowed from German Danziger, from Danzig.
How common is the surname Danziger?: 1,003 people in the United States had the surname Danziger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 307,822 Americans. It ranked 24,822nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Danziger?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Danziger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Danziger?: Allen Danziger, American actor, followed by Paula Danziger.
Where is the surname Danziger most common?: Wikidata records people named Danziger in the United States.
Is the surname Danziger getting more or less common?: More common. 938 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,003 in 2010, up 6.9%.
What are other spellings of Danziger?: Donziger.