The Danner surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,786 people carried this name — #3,328 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 27,300 people counted. That is up 3% from 10,422 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 458 people named Danner.
35 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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
155 people named Danner live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 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 the Nordic population registers
23 people named Danner 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).
Who carried it
People named Danner,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joel Buchanan Danner 1804–1885 · politician -
Thomas D. Danner 1851–1929 · politician -
Benno Danner 1857–1917 · entrepreneur -
Therese Danner 1861–1934 · patron of the arts -
Georg Danner 1600–1686 · architect
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Christian Franz Danner 1745–1813 · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Danner.
When the index is not enough
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