Where Does the Dano Surname Come From?

The spelling Dano grew out of Dana, a Polish surname with a long paper trail. The family name meaning is “A shortened personal name, with independent alternatives”, the same as for Dana. Before spelling was fixed, Dana was also written Dano. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Other spellings include Dán.

The 2010 census count for Dano in the United States was 937, good for rank 26,126. French birth records list 2,229 children named Dano between 1891 and 2000.

Arms linked to Dana and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Research your Dano family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.