The Dann surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,735 people carried this name — #8,775 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 78,700 people counted. That is down 8% from 4,062 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Dann surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Daniel’.

His entry covers Dann and Danson.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 230 · public domain.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 117 people named Dann 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 Misiones.

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

Where they live today

Misiones 49
Buenos Aires Province 43
Córdoba 25

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 46 people named Dann.

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

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
Moselle 32
Bas-Rhin 11
Seine-Maritime 1

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

In Poland’s population register

20 people named Dann have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 25 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 2 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Warmian-Masurian.

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

Where they live today

Warmian-Masurian 16
Masovian 4

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

20 people named Dann live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

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

Where they live today

Bern 8
Zug 6
Zurich 6

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 the first U.S. census, 1790

27 families named Dann, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 160 people lived in those households, 5.9 to a family on average. The table counts it together with one other spelling. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

New York 17
Connecticut 5
Pennsylvania 2
Maine 1
Massachusetts 1
Maryland 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 236 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Dann in American newspapers,
1914.

Newspaper page from Big Arm Graphic carrying the name Dann
Big Arm Graphic 1914-06-10
Newspaper page from The Daily Missoulian carrying the name Dann
The Daily Missoulian 1914-11-11

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

In print

Dann in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1990s.

15,280 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Dann. The most, 3,623, date from the 1940s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Queensland, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 5,439
Queensland 3,998
Victoria 3,078
South Australia 1,201
Western Australia 825
Tasmania 629
ACT (Canberra) 66
Northern Territory 29

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

Who carried it

People named Dann,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Christian Adam Dann
    Christian Adam Dann 1758–1837 · parson
  • Phoebe Agnes Dann d. 1933
  • Johann Jacob Dann 1697–1744 · jurist
  • Jacobina Magdalena Dann 1700–1725
  • Löb Beer Dann 1708–1804 · trader
  • Anna Louysa Dann 1709–1737

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Dann,
in the records of 10 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 States739 records

739 records of the Dann name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 215
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 186
  • Other U.S. records 338
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record James J. Dann

    Born 1908 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at New York City; payroll clerk from Kings County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1981, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record George E. Dann

    Born 1914 in Michigan. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Custer; auto plant worker from Genesee County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Briley Township Cemetery, Atlanta, Michigan.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Albert A. Dann

    Born 1922 in Wisconsin. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts; brick. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Massachusetts National Cemetery, Massachusetts.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 739 records for Dann in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain).

Australia435 records

435 records of the Dann name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 168
  • Tasmanian Names Index 94
  • Other Australian records 173
  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 Butcher Dann

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Equestrian, sailing from London in 1844. Native of Littleport, Cambridgeshire. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1854. Married 1854 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 29.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Sarah Ann Jane Dann

    Born 1875 in Hobart, Tasmania. Married 1898 in Hamilton, Tasmania, aged 23.

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

    Arrived in Victoria in 1860 aboard the Norfolk, aged 60; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 435 records for Dann in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). 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); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Germany109 records

109 records of the Dann name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 105
  • German emigration and citizenship files 4
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Hugo Dann

    Born 1893; from Spichra, Eisenach. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 2 December 1918 (Jäger Regiment No. 4).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Moses Dann

    Emigrated to North America in 1853.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv (CC0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Fanny Dann

    Emigrated to Ellrichs, Westfalen in 1811.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Stadtarchiv Fürth (CC0)

Showing 3 of 109 records for Dann in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

Netherlands55 records

55 records of the Dann name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 28
  • Dutch population registers 25
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 2
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Adelaïda Hortensia Johanna Dann

    Born 1847 in Bergen op Zoom. Married in 1869 in Bergen op Zoom. Died 1917 in Bergen op Zoom.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, West Brabants Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Johanna Josepha Dann

    Born 1815 in Bergen op Zoom. Married in 1843 in Bergen op Zoom. Died 1871 in Bergen op Zoom.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Eugenius Josephus Johannes Dann

    Born 1849 in Bergen op Zoom. Died 1851 in Bergen op Zoom.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 55 records for Dann in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada46 records

46 records of the Dann name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 17
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 8
  • Other Canadian records 21
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Frank Dann

    Came to Ontario in 1865 aboard the Hibernian, landing at Quebec, bound for Weston, Ontario; English.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Isabella Emily Dann

    Buried in 1988 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 75.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Michael Arthur Dann

    Died 1989, aged 89; buried at St. Vital Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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

Showing 3 of 46 records for Dann in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · 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. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

New Zealand35 records

35 records of the Dann name in New Zealand
  • Christchurch City cemetery records 29
  • Thames-Coromandel District cemetery records 6
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Edwin Walter Dann

    Died 1949, aged 70; buried at Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Frederick George Dann

    Buried in 1912 at Shortland Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, aged 73.

    Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 35 records for Dann in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0) · Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

France27 records

27 records of the Dann 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 Nicolas Dann

    Born 1931 in Sarreguemines; died 1999 in Sarreguemines (Moselle).

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

    Born 1902 in Sarreguemines; died 1987 in Metz (Moselle).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 2 of 27 records for Dann 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).

United Kingdom20 records

20 records of the Dann name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 16
  • Scottish rolls of honour, First World War 2
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 2
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record Edward Bucklow Dann

    Born 1891 at Pitchroy Blacksboat; gamekeeper. Served in the First World War. Named in the Morayshire roll of honour (1921).

    National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Patience Dann

    Buried in 1822 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 61.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Showing 2 of 20 records for Dann in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Switzerland1 record

1 record of the Dann name in Switzerland Zürich marriage records, 16th–18th centuries
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Antoni Dann

    Married in 1605 in Zell, canton of Zürich; of Mailand (Italien).

    Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich, Zürcher Ehedaten (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich, Zürcher Ehedaten (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Finland1 record

1 record of the Dann name in Finland Finland's war dead, 1939–1945
  1. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Gustaf Adolf Dann

    Born 1921 in Tammisaari; "kaivertaja". Died in 1947 during Finland's wars of 1939–1945; buried in Tammisaari.

    Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Kansallisarkisto, via WarSampo (CC BY 4.0). 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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