Dancus Surname

1,434,893rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 150 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Dancus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dancus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1451:138,46814,909
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

The alternate forms: Dăncuş (4) are calculated separately.

Dancus Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dancus Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Dancus is more frequently found in Romania than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Dăncuş. Click here for further possible spellings of Dancus.

How Common Is The Last Name Dancus? popularity and diffusion

Dancus is the 1,434,893rd most widely held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Dancus live; 97 percent live in Eastern Europe and 97 percent live in Romanian Europe.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Romania, where it is carried by 145 people, or 1 in 138,468. In Romania it is mostly found in: Maramureș County, where 96 percent are found, Bucharest Municipality, where 3 percent are found and Sibiu County, where 1 percent are found. Beside Romania this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Austria, where 1 percent are found.

Dancus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dancus has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dancus last name fell 81 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Danchus9235/
Dancius921/
Danckus920/
Dancu911,661/
Dăncuş894/
Dancause861,156/
Danncius8612/
Danchaus861/
Dancouse861/
Dancau83125/
Dancos83107/
Dankus8362/
Deancu8330/
Danjus8324/
Dancou835/
Dansus831/
Dancut831/
Dancuz831/
Dancausse8098/
D'Ancause801/
Dancoes7737/
Dancheu7714/
Danczuz771/
Dancaux771/
Dansous771/
Daunkus771/
Dancout770/
Deancut770/
Deancausse757/
Danku732,631/
Doncu73346/
Dâncu731/
Doncouse7165/
Dancauce7123/
Dankoush711/
Dankou67211/
Dankos67206/
Danzos67185/
Dankau67113/
Dankuj6790/
Dangku6789/
Dankuc6760/
Dhanku6757/
Dankeu6754/
Donkus6750/
Dancoe6745/
Doncos6734/
Doncut6731/
Dăncau6728/
Dahnku6722/
Damsus6715/
Damkus6712/
Daanku676/
Dankui673/
Donceu673/
Dañcup672/
Danţuş671/
Dankut671/
Dainku671/
Dankaushe671/
Doncuț671/
Danzós671/
Damcut670/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dancus
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis