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Early Origins of the Dansereau family

The surname Dansereau was first found in Ile-de-France.

Early History of the Dansereau family

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Dansereau Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Dansereau, Danse, Dansette, Danset, Dansette and many more.

Early Notables of the Dansereau family

Notable amongst the family was Simon Flessingue Dansa, a mariner who settled in Marseille at the beginning of the seventeenth century and became a merchant off the Mediterranean Sea. In 1606 he went to Algeria and lived with a tribe. Jean-Charles-Gabriel Danse was a politician in Beauvais in 1788. He became auditor-councilor at the court of Amiens and was a judge in the civil court...
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Dansereau Ranking

In the United States, the name Dansereau is the 17,804th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in Quebec, Canada, the name Dansereau is ranked the 921st most popular surname. 2


United States Dansereau migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Dansereau Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Angelique Dansereau was married in 1728 in the same town

Canada Dansereau migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Dansereau Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
  • Pierre Dansereau, who married in 1708 in Varennes, Quebec
  • Pierre Dansereau worked in Verchères, Quebec in 1734

Contemporary Notables of the name Dansereau (post 1700) +

  • Hon. Jean-Paul Dansereau, Canadian jurist, sessions court judge in Verdun, Quebec
  • Pierre Dansereau, university professor who has worked at the Canadian universities of McGill, New Brunswick, Saskatoon, Quebec, Waterloo, Guelph, Ottawa, and Western Ontario
  • Jean-Claude Dansereau, retired petroleum executive and political party executive who lives in Montreal as of 1993


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. "The first 1,000 family names by rank, Quebec (in French only)" Institut de la statistique du Quebec, https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/document/family-names-in-quebec/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec


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