Danish Family History
Danish Name Meaning
Americanized spelling of German Danisch, perhaps from a
pet form of Daniel or the Slavic personal names Bogdan
or Niedan.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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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Danish
Name Distribution of Danish Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Danish families
 8 - 13  3 - 7 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Danish last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Danish census records
You can see how Danish families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, occupation and value of personal estate.
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Danish Family Origin
Danish Emigration Information (US)
Click on a circle in the chart to view Danish emigration records
You can find out when most of the Danish families immigrated
to the United States.
You can focus your search to emigration records dating from that era.
Emigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Danish Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Danish census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Danish ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Danish
Message Board about Danish
3 Threads, 13
Messages
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Danish.
Threads: 3 - Messages: 13
| Thread | Author | Replies | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Looking for other Danishs |  | 9 | |
| Pedersen / Mortensen | | meridith18 | 0 |
| Danish/Danysh | | 1 |
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