Dann is an

English surname English names are personal names used in, or originating in, England. In England, as elsewhere in the English-speaking world, a complete name usually consists of one or more given names, commonly referred to as first names, and a (most commonly ...

. It is a

toponymic surname A toponymic surname or habitational surname or byname is a surname or byname derived from a place name,

which came from

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and

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, "valley". Variant spellings include Dan and Dane. According to statistics compiled by

Patrick Hanks Patrick Wyndham Hanks (24 March 1940 – 1 February 2024) was an English lexicographer, corpus linguist, and onomastician. He edited dictionaries of general language, as well as dictionaries of personal names. Background Hanks was educated a ...

on the basis of the

2011 United Kingdom census A Census in the United Kingdom, census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years. The 2011 census was held in all countries of the UK on 27 March 2011. It was the first UK census which could be completed online via the Inter ...

and the

Census of Ireland 2011 The 2011 census of Ireland was held on Sunday, 10 April 2011. It was administered by the Central Statistics Office of Ireland and found the population to be 4,588,252 people.

, 2,666 people on the island of

Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland, and Wales. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the List of European ...

and 54 on the island of

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bore the surname Dann as of 2011. In the

1881 United Kingdom census The United Kingdom Census of 1881 recorded the people residing in every household on the night of Sunday 3 April 1881, and was the fifth of the Census in the United Kingdom, UK censuses to include details of household members. Data recorded Detail ...

there had been 1,858 people with the surname Dann, primarily at

Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...

Sussex Sussex (Help:IPA/English, /ˈsʌsɪks/; from the Old English ''Sūþseaxe''; lit. 'South Saxons'; 'Sussex') is an area within South East England that was historically a kingdom of Sussex, kingdom and, later, a Historic counties of England, ...

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, and

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. The 2010 United States census found 3,735 people with the surname Dann, making it the 8,775th-most-common name in the country. This represented a decrease from 4,062 (7,550th most-common) in the 2000 census. In both censuses, nearly nine-tenths of the bearers of the surname identified as

non-Hispanic white Non-Hispanic Whites, also referred to as White Anglo Americans or Non-Latino Whites, are White Americans who are classified by the United States census as "White" and not of Hispanic or Latino origin. According to annual estimates from the Unit ...

, and about six percent as non-Hispanic Black or African American. People with this surname include:

Artists and musicians

* Hollis Dann (1861–1939), American music educator and choral director * Stan Dann (1931–2008), American wood carver * Georgie Dann (1940–2021), French singer * Larry Dann (born 1941), British film and television actor * Steven Dann (born 1953), Canadian violist * Penny Dann (1964–2014), British children's book illustrator * Sophie-Louise Dann (born 1969), British musical theatre actress * Lance Dann (), British sound and radio artist

Sportspeople

* Reg Dann (1916–1948), English football midfielder * Gordon Dann (born 1944), Australian rules footballer * Donald Dann (1949–2005), Australian Paralympic athlete and table tennis player * Kevin Dann (1958–2021), Australian rugby league footballer * Scott Dann (boxer) (born 1974), English amateur boxer *

Scott Dann Scott Dann (born 14 February 1987) is an English professional association football, footballer who plays as a centre back. He began his Football League career with Walsall F.C., Walsall, before moving on to Coventry City F.C., Coventry City an ...

(born 1987), English football centre-back * Thomas Dann (born 1981), English cricketer * Walter Dann (), Canadian Paralympic athlete

Writers

* George Landen Dann (1904–1977), Australian playwright, writer, and draftsman *

Colin Dann Colin Dann (born 10 March 1943) is an English author. He is best known for his '' The Animals of Farthing Wood'' series of books, which was subsequently made into an animated series. Dann worked at the publishing firm William Collins, Sons & ...

(born 1943), British writer of children's books *

Jack Dann Jack Dann (born February 15, 1945) is an American writer best known for his science fiction, as well as an editor and a writing teacher, who has lived in Australia since 1994. He has published over seventy books, the majority being as editor or c ...

(born 1945) American science fiction writer * Lotta Dann, New Zealand journalist *

Trevor Dann Trevor John Dann (born 6 November 1951) is an English writer and broadcaster best known for his radio and print journalism with BBC Radio, ''Q magazine'', ''Mojo'', and ''The Guardian'', and his critically praised 2006 "Darker Than the Deepest Se ...

(born 1951), British writer and broadcaster *

Patty Dann Patty Dann (born October 30, 1953) is an American novelist and nonfiction writer. She studied at the University of Oregon, and later earned an MFA in writing from Columbia University. While working at the A&E (TV network), A&E network in 1986, sh ...

(born 1953), American novelist and nonfiction writer

Others

* Christian Adam Dann (1758–1837), German Lutheran pastor *

Wallace Dann Wallace Dann (January 12, 1847– 1934) was a two-term Democratic mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut from 1905 to 1907. He was also a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1903 to 1905. Early life and family He was born in Stam ...

(1847–1934), American local politician in Norwalk, Connecticut * Alf Dann (1893–1953), British trade union leader * Belinda Dann (1900–2007), Indigenous Australian woman known as a member of the Stolen Generation * Bob Dann (1914–2008), Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne, Australia * Michael Dann (1921–2016), American television executive *

Mary Dann and Carrie Dann The Dann Sisters, Mary Dann (1923–2005) and Carrie Dann (1932–2021), were Western Shoshone elders who were spiritual leaders, ranchers, and cultural, spiritual rights and land rights activists. They challenged the federal government over uses ...

(respectively 1923–2005 and 1931–2021), Native American activists * Laurie Dann (1957–1988), American murderer *

Marc Dann Marc E. Dann (born March 12, 1962) is an American former politician of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, who served as the Ohio Attorney General, Attorney General of Ohio from 2007 until his resignation on May 14, 2008. La ...

(born 1962), American politician * Tim Dann, British voice actor

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Artists and musicians

Sportspeople

Writers

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