The Dancel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 571 people carried this name — #38,691 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is up 17% from 487 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Dancel surname
Borrowed from Ilocano Dancel, from earlier Dansil.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Dancel» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 84 people named Dancel.
Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dancel.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Dancel is.
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