The Dani surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 616 people carried this name — #36,337 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is up 29% from 478 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 268 people named Dani.
70 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Var.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
205 people named Dani live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 155 people named Dani 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 112 people named Dani live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
178 people named Dani is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Dani in American newspapers,
1887–1890.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Dani,
with a public archive behind them.
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Carlo Dani 1873–1944 · sport cyclist -
Alberto Dani d. 1944
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Abū ʿAmr al-Dānī 981–1053 · teacher
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Carlo Dani 1896–1986 · association football referee
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Carlo Dani 1896–1986 · association football referee
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Tino Dani 1899–1991 · singer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dani.
- Danet 128 · U.S. census
- Daney 447 · U.S. census
- Dang 30,389 · U.S. census
- Dangel 503 · U.S. census
- Danger 459 · U.S. census
- Dangler 1,173 · U.S. census
- Daniel 80,526 · U.S. census
- Daniele 1,431 · U.S. census
- Danieli 176 · U.S. census
- Daniels 146,570 · U.S. census
- Danino 125 · U.S. census
- Danis 2,651 · U.S. census
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