Last name Dancer (Dancer 
, Tanse 
, Tanzen 
) , across the world, is quite a common cognomen. The cognomen Dancer is characteristic of Jamaica, where it is quite a rare surname, the United Kingdom, and Australia, where it is a rare surname. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Indonesia. Very seldom, Dancer is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Dancer | Indonesia, India, United States, Myanmar, United Kingdom |
| Tanse | Nigeria, India, Canada, United States, Romania |
| Tanzen | Australia, Germany, Japan, India, United States |
| john dancer Irish translator and playwright (b. 1660) |
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daniel dancer notorious English miser, GB (b. 1716) |
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thomas dancer British physician and botanist (1750-1811) (b. 1750) |
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| john benjamin dancer British scientific instrument maker and inventor of microphotography (b. 1812) |
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ronald s. dancer Member of the New Jersey General Assembly, US (b. 1949) |
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barry dancer Australian field hockey player, AU (b. 1952) |
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| g.t. 'beef' dancer English rugby union footballer (b. 1911) |
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| faye dancer American baseball player (1925-2002), US (b. 1925) |
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| stanley dancer Harness racing driver and trainer, US (b. 1927) |
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| eric dancer businessman (born 1940), GB (b. 1940) |
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| edward norman dancer Australian mathematician (b. 1946) |
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| bob dancer American gambling writer (b. 1947) |
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| lacey dancer American writer (b. 1948) |
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| henry dancer (b. 1943) |
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| stephanie dancer medical microbiologist (b. 1959) |
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