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The Dane surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,036 people carried this name — #10,555 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 97,100 people counted. That is up 1% from 3,019 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Dane surname

A surname transferred from the nickname for someone who came from Denmark, also a variant of Dean.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Dane» (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 411 people named Dane.

14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Landes.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 14
Landes 203
Hautes-Pyrénées 30
Corsica 19
Lot-et-Garonne 18
Bouches-du-Rhône 18
Gers 17
Gironde 14
Tarn-et-Garonne 14

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 21 people named Dane live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 21

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Dane in American newspapers,
1915–1918.

Newspaper page from The Lakeland Evening Telegram carrying the name Dane
The Lakeland Evening Telegram 1915-10-28
Newspaper page from The Lakeland Evening Telegram carrying the name Dane
The Lakeland Evening Telegram 1915-11-02
Newspaper page from The Abbeville Press And Banner carrying the name Dane
The Abbeville Press And Banner 1918-12-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 327,885 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Dane,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Frances Emma Coker Dane d. 1875
  • Catharine Dane d. 1733
  • Paul Dane d. 1707
  • John Dane d. 1742
  • Sarah Dane d. 1908
  • Isabella Campbell Yate d. 1903

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

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Dane.

When the index is not enough

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