Dann Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 1
Buckinghamshire 5
Berkshire 24
Cambridgeshire 47
Channel Islands 4
Cheshire 34
Cornwall 9
Cumberland 21
Derbyshire 52
Devon 107
Dorset 9
Durham 79
Essex 86
Gloucestershire 27
Hampshire 56
Herefordshire 2
Hertfordshire 31
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 2
Isle of Man 2
Kent 171
Lancashire 233
Leicestershire 43
Lincolnshire 86
London 534
Middlesex 45
Northumberland 66
Norfolk 160
Northamptonshire 2
Nottinghamshire 58
Oxfordshire 34
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 2
Shropshire 16
Suffolk 32
Somerset 25
Surrey 43
Sussex 298
Staffordshire 108
Warwickshire 33
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 10
Worcestershire 27
Yorkshire 165

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 41
Merionethshire 2
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 16
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Dann Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dann family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 466
General Labourer 46
Agricultural Labourer 44
Dress Maker 29
Living On Own Means 21
Domestic Servant 20
Labourer 19
Laundress 18
Coal Miner 17
Farm Labourer 15
Gardener 13
Farmer 12
General Servant 12
Butcher 11
Tailoress 11
Errand Boy 11
Cotton Weaver 11
House Keeper 10
Living On Her Own Means 10
Farm Servant 10
Carpenter 9
Charwoman 9
General Servant Domestic 9
General Domestic Servant 8
Servant Domestic 8

Most Frequent Forenames for Dann

Name Census Frequency
William Dann 1,167
Mary Dann 1,103
John Dann 821
George Dann 706
Elizabeth Dann 692
Thomas Dann 645
James Dann 530
Sarah Dann 487
Henry Dann 375
Ann Dann 356
Charles Dann 314
Eliza Dann 276
Ellen Dann 262
Jane Dann 254
Edward Dann 253
Joseph Dann 237
Alice Dann 232
Robert Dann 229
Frederick Dann 226
Annie Dann 218
Emily Dann 196
Alfred Dann 191
Albert Dann 168
Emma Dann 166
Richard Dann 161

Dann Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Dunn 75% 146,879
2 Dann 100% 17,690
3 Dunne 60% 6,121
4 Denne 60% 3,224
5 Donne 60% 2,234
6 Dan 75% 1,806
7 Denn 75% 1,645
8 Dinan 60% 1,010
9 Dinon 60% 963
10 Dineen 50% 808
11 Donn 75% 668
12 Dinn 75% 630
13 Dunean 50% 347
14 Dennie 50% 312
15 Doonan 50% 258
16 Danne 80% 203
17 Duinn 60% 148
18 Donan 60% 133
19 Dinnie 50% 112
20 Dinne 60% 105

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The surname Dann is the 2nd most popular variant of Dunn.

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