Dantas surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Dantas surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 302 people carried this name — #62,046 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

211 people named Dantas live in Switzerland.

They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 48
Geneva 35
Zurich 24
Valais 21
Lucerne 19
Aargau 13
Fribourg 10
Bern 7

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 109 people named Dantas.

38 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Haute-Marne.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 38
Haute-Marne 12
Ariège 8
Oise 8
Paris 5
Seine-Saint-Denis 5
Yvelines 4
Vienne 4
Gironde 3

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

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