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danish Name Meaning and History

  1. Americanized spelling of German Danisch, perhaps from a pet form of Daniel or the Slavic personal names Bogdan or Niedan.
  2. Americanized spelling of Czech and Slovak Daniš, a derivative of Daniel.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The danish name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the danish family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of danish Families in the US in 1920
Number of danish families
 15-28
 6-14		 1-5
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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