The Dancy surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,551 people carried this name — #6,165 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 53,200 people counted. That is up 6% from 5,251 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Dancy surname

Variant spelling of Dansie.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Dancy» (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 23 people named Dancy.

2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Cantal.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 2
Cantal 12
Meurthe-et-Moselle 2
Seine-Saint-Denis 1
Essonne 1
Yvelines 1
Paris 1
Pyrénées-Orientales 1
Corrèze 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Dancy in American newspapers,
1908–1910.

Newspaper page from The Advocate carrying the name Dancy
The Advocate 1910-07-21
Newspaper page from Meade County News carrying the name Dancy
Meade County News 1909-09-09
Newspaper page from The Advocate carrying the name Dancy
The Advocate 1908-05-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Dancy in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1960s.

398 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Dancy. The most, 82, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 143
New South Wales 93
Queensland 61
South Australia 54
Western Australia 35
Tasmania 11

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Dancy.

Who carried it

People named Dancy,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John C. Dancy
    John C. Dancy 1857–1920 · journalist
  • Kenneth Dancy
    Kenneth Dancy 1924–2013 · sailor
  • Francis L. Dancy 1806–1890
  • Cornelia Viola Battle Dancy 1824–1844
  • Frank L. Dancy 1882–1918 · lawyer
  • John Campbell Dancy Jr. 1888–1968 · executive

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Dancy,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States296 records

296 records of the Dancy name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 147
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 81
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 36
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 13
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 9
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 5
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Millard E. Dancy

    Born 1918 in West Virginia. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky; aircraft worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Dancy Cemetery, Coal City, West Virginia.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Arthur Lee Dancy

    Born 1947; from Pinetops, North Carolina. U.S. Army, medical specialist; killed in action 1967 in Binh Duong, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Bridget Dancy

    Arrived at New York in 1856 aboard the Martha J. Ward from Liverpool, aged 20; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 296 records for Dancy in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia22 records

22 records of the Dancy name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 15
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 4
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Francis Dancy

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Forfarshire, sailing from Spithead in 1843. Native of Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Florence Dancy

    Arrived in Queensland in 1889 aboard the Dacca, aged 25.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Joseph Dancy

    Former farmer of Inverloch, Victoria; died 1956.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 22 records for Dancy in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

France12 records

12 records of the Dancy name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Henri Jean Francois Dancy

    Born 1923 in Pont-à-Mousson (Meurthe-et-Moselle); died 1989 in Langon (Gironde).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jeanne Marie Dancy

    Born 1914 in Juvisy-sur-Orge (Essonne); died 1994 in Lanzac (Lot).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Marie Antoinette Dancy

    Born 1909 in Saint-Simon; died 1985 in Aurillac (Cantal).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 12 records for Dancy in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Canada5 records

5 records of the Dancy name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Dancy

    Came to Ontario in 1870 aboard the Crocodile, landing at Quebec, bound for Galt, Ontario; English.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Florence Dancy

    Died 1908 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Joseph Dancy

    Died 1956; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Showing 3 of 5 records for Dancy in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

New Zealand1 record

1 record of the Dancy name in New Zealand War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record B. N. Dancy

    New Zealand Field Artillery. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

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