Frequency: (198)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. English: patronymic or genitive from Dane, variant of Dean 2, i.e. ‘son (or servant) of the dean’.
2. Dutch: patronymic from a short form of Daniel.
3. Czech and Slovak (Daneš): variant of Daňek (see Danek).
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
