Last Name DANCE

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Meaning The son of Daniel, from the nickname Dan, whence the patronymic Dans, sharpened to Dance.
Origin English, Spanish, Irish, Romanian, Belgian

Rank 10,785 (2000 US census) 9,145 (1990 US census)
Count 2,716 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 67.38%, or 1830 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 26.66%, or 724 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.77%, or 21 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.96%, or 26 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.43%, or 66 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.8%, or 49 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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