Danko

surname · Latin script

Meaning: männl. Vom., Koseform von Namen, die mit »Dank-« beginnen, auch serbische, kroatische Koseform von

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Danko is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 79K(measured from records)
  • SKSlovakia1 in 2.6K
  • CZCzechia1 in 17K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈21,000 people, est.

Sources
307 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 2.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Slovakia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in German

männl. Vom., Koseform von Namen, die mit »Dank-« beginnen, auch serbische, kroatische Koseform von

Sources 1

  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Danko counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Danko is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈21,000 est.≈1 in 68K—Danko3
US United States—4,2371 in 79K4.2KDanko307
SK Slovakia—2,0831 in 2.6K2.1K—2
PL Poland—9441 in 41K482Danko1
NG Nigeria—≈890 est.≈1 in 241K—Danko16
CZ Czechia—6411 in 17K641—1
HU Hungary#865≈360 est.≈1 in 27K—Danko62
SI Slovenia—851 in 25K85—1
BZ Belize#616≈19 est.≈1 in 21K—Danko1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); MVČR — living population register 2017; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Danko is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Ukrainian surname24 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Slovakia

    Languages: Ukrainian, Russian, Slovak

    Also written Данько, Данко, Dańko, Daňko, Dan'Ko

  • Croatian surname13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Serbia, Ukraine

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

    Also written Данко, Dankó, Dańko, Daňko

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Chile, Italy

    Languages: Spanish, Italian

    Also written Daňko, Dankó, Dańko

  • French surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Sweden, Belgium

    Also written Daňko, Dankó

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Daňko, Dankó, Dańko, Dan'Ko

  • Hindi surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Dankó, Dańko, Daňko

  • Swedish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, United States, India

    Languages: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish

    Also written Dankó

38 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Danko is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Russian, dim of Dan.

    as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

  • In goh, first/third-person singular present subjunctive of dankōn

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Esperanto, thanks, gratitude

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In io, thank you

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latvian, Cilvēka vārds

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Olena Danko, b. 1897Krystyna Dańko, b. 1917Rick Danko, b. 1943Peter Danko, b. 1949Anton Danko, b. 1959Ilona Dankó, b. 1973Andrej Danko, b. 1974R. Rošic Danko, b. 1985Stanislav Danko, b. 1994

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 59 sources across 31 countries.

Official registers attesting Danko
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020104.2K#7,815
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020003.4K#8,815
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020203K#10,186
SK SlovakiaJÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census)19952.1K—
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—641#2,293
CZ Czechianaše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot—641#1,539
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—641#2,216
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)2026289—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—289#11,539
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)2026260—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—260#12,560
SI Sloveniastat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank)—85#5,060

Reference works 7

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Danko mean?
Recorded meaning: männl. Vom., Koseform von Namen, die mit »Dank-« beginnen, auch serbische, kroatische Koseform von
What are other forms of the name Danko?
In the etymology graph, Daniels, Deniel and Taneli are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Danko have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 21 thousand people named Danko in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled danko.
Where is Danko most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Danko is densest in Slovakia — about 1 in 2.6 thousand people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Danko?
In the United States, the national register counted 4,237 people named Danko in 2010, about 1 in 79 thousand residents.
How common is Danko compared with other names?
In Belize, Danko is the 616th most common surname of 11,408 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Danko” — the 616th most common surname in Belize. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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