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The Dando surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 606 people carried this name — #36,838 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is down 17% from 729 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Dando surname

English habitational surname of Norman origin, from one of the two villages named Aunou, in France.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Dando» (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 197 people named Dando.

3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Morbihan.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 3
Morbihan 46
Guadeloupe 33
Gers 29
Ille-et-Vilaine 27
Paris 23
Nièvre 8
Loire-Atlantique 8
Bouches-du-Rhône 5

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

Who carried it

People named Dando,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Edward Dando
    Edward Dando 1803–1832 · thief
  • Joseph Dando 1806–1894 · violinist
  • Wilhelm Dando 1819– · entomologist
  • Johnny Dando 1877–1954 · Australian rules football player
  • M. D. Dando 1910– · badminton player
  • Malcolm Dando 1941– · neurophysiologist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Dando is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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