Danish Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 1
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 6
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 1
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 4
Yorkshire 1

Wales

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

Danish Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Danish family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 3
Provisions Dealer 2
Labourer 1
Housemaid 1
Dairymaid 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Heary Steel Toy Forger 1
Annuitant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Danish

Name Census Frequency
Mary Danish 17
William Danish 15
John Danish 14
Elizabeth Danish 10
George Danish 10
Sarah Danish 9
Thomas Danish 8
Alfred Danish 7
Annie Danish 7
Frank Danish 6
James Danish 6
Charles Danish 5
Ellen Danish 5
Frederick Danish 5
Jane Danish 5
Alice Danish 4
Ann Danish 4
Arthur Danish 4
David Danish 4
Edith Danish 4
Eliza Danish 4
Henry Danish 4
Amy Danish 3
Benjamin Danish 3
Florence Danish 3

Danish Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Danish 100% 247
2 Donshoe 43% 191
3 Donshue 43% 178

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The surname Danish is the most popular version of all its varients

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