Dena Forename
11,441st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 87,703 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Cayman Islands
Dena Forename Definition:
A North American Indian name, meaning: A dale or valley.
Dena Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 49,188 | 1:7,370 | 894 |
| Egypt | 100% | 13,403 | 1:6,857 | 724 |
| Indonesia | 77% | 10,256 | 1:25,152 | 3,445 |
| India | 58% | 4,566 | 1:266,071 | 25,607 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,822 | 1:18,185 | 1,711 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 1,314 | 1:5,320 | 694 |
| England | 100% | 1,287 | 1:43,204 | 2,154 |
| Kenya | - | 907 | 1:51,055 | 3,445 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 874 | 1:35,255 | 4,434 |
| Philippines | 98% | 628 | 1:168,805 | 7,921 |
| Pakistan | 69% | 607 | 1:320,194 | 8,931 |
| DR Congo | 59% | 281 | 1:262,732 | 10,825 |
| Haiti | 100% | 225 | 1:47,675 | 3,206 |
| Nigeria | 87% | 163 | 1:1,089,352 | 26,508 |
| Nepal | 72% | 142 | 1:200,615 | 8,546 |
| Papua New Guinea | 80% | 138 | 1:59,075 | 5,688 |
| Australia | - | 110 | 1:124,160 | 4,075 |
| South Africa | 88% | 106 | 1:514,459 | 24,376 |
| Brazil | 100% | 95 | 1:2,255,117 | 45,713 |
| Russia | 56% | 73 | 1:1,975,804 | 13,396 |
| Malaysia | 90% | 69 | 1:441,303 | 20,000 |
| Jamaica | - | 67 | 1:43,033 | 2,580 |
| Mexico | 97% | 64 | 1:1,939,757 | 11,700 |
| Ivory Coast | 63% | 63 | 1:366,285 | 15,102 |
| New Zealand | - | 63 | 1:72,001 | 3,453 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 53 | 1:448,485 | 26,770 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 46 | 1:18,936 | 1,236 |
| Israel | - | 46 | 1:182,672 | 5,923 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 45 | 1:375,602 | 10,619 |
| Sweden | 95% | 44 | 1:224,043 | 7,512 |
| Iraq | - | 43 | 1:814,369 | 7,317 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 43 | 1:48,622 | 3,384 |
| Uganda | 96% | 40 | 1:1,023,923 | 17,655 |
| Burkina Faso | 75% | 39 | 1:471,268 | 16,333 |
| Wales | 100% | 37 | 1:83,630 | 2,261 |
| Iran | - | 36 | 1:2,180,469 | 12,872 |
| Qatar | 99% | 36 | 1:65,822 | 8,074 |
| Scotland | 100% | 35 | 1:152,868 | 3,016 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 34 | 1:1,803 | 413 |
| Germany | 85% | 32 | 1:3,021,184 | 14,850 |
| China | - | 29 | 1:47,105,372 | 62,105 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Thailand | 100% | 28 | 1:2,502,350 | 63,263 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 28 | 1:48,622 | 4,388 |
| Belarus | 100% | 26 | 1:364,707 | 2,597 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 25 | 1:3,902,405 | 10,287 |
| Greece | 100% | 20 | 1:546,727 | 7,050 |
| Romania | 100% | 20 | 1:1,002,599 | 21,511 |
| Spain | 100% | 20 | 1:2,326,498 | 12,382 |
| Honduras | 100% | 17 | 1:518,675 | 7,750 |
| Colombia | - | 16 | 1:2,986,183 | 20,922 |
| Peru | 100% | 15 | 1:2,119,430 | 21,304 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 13 | 1:2,323,223 | 39,208 |
| Kazakhstan | 80% | 12 | 1:1,478,904 | 13,216 |
| Singapore | - | 12 | 1:523,921 | 11,491 |
| Albania | 100% | 11 | 1:276,961 | 12,691 |
| Mauritania | 78% | 11 | 1:372,294 | 8,621 |
| France | 100% | 10 | 1:6,647,034 | 24,227 |
| Zimbabwe | 80% | 10 | 1:1,542,382 | 46,134 |
| Bermuda | - | 9 | 1:7,203 | 999 |
| Chad | 100% | 9 | 1:1,510,933 | 6,264 |
| Denmark | - | 9 | 1:627,722 | 8,968 |
| Switzerland | 90% | 9 | 1:912,611 | 11,192 |
| Cameroon | 75% | 8 | 1:2,701,313 | 52,296 |
| Guyana | 100% | 8 | 1:95,408 | 7,334 |
| Niger | 100% | 8 | 1:2,397,999 | 27,433 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:13,718 | 1,590 |
| Italy | 88% | 7 | 1:8,723,156 | 29,138 |
| Jersey | - | 7 | 1:14,283 | 1,073 |
| Belgium | 100% | 6 | 1:1,915,007 | 18,066 |
| Hong Kong | - | 6 | 1:1,292,121 | 6,806 |
| Liberia | 100% | 6 | 1:735,344 | 18,173 |
| Marshall Islands | 75% | 5 | 1:10,246 | 1,467 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 5 | 1:1,430,399 | 43,518 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4 | 1:2,607,818 | 19,206 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Guinea | - | 4 | 1:2,964,662 | 5,204 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 4 | 1:1,504,584 | 16,652 |
| Senegal | 100% | 4 | 1:3,645,339 | 17,621 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Tanzania | 67% | 4 | 1:13,197,080 | 50,227 |
| Ireland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,547,840 | 7,573 |
| Congo | 67% | 3 | 1:1,669,735 | 30,542 |
| Japan | - | 3 | 1:42,662,019 | 63,122 |
| Kosovo | - | 3 | 1:620,480 | 13,695 |
| Norway | 100% | 3 | 1:1,710,776 | 19,445 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 3 | 1:59,272 | 4,116 |
| Serbia | 100% | 3 | 1:2,381,907 | 7,319 |
| Afghanistan | - | 2 | 1:16,311,758 | 48,279 |
| Austria | 100% | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Czechia | 94% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Guatemala | - | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 2 | 1:55,790 | 4,636 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Zambia | - | 2 | 1:7,927,397 | 45,785 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Argentina | 100% | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Chile | 100% | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Estonia | 100% | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Turkey | 100% | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
The alternate forms: Dèna (1) are calculated separately.
Dena (20,141) may also be a surname.
Dena Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A North American Indian name, meaning: A dale or valley.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Dena Forename Popularity
Dena Demographics
Dena Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 3 (1901)
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Phonetically Similar Names
Dena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dena in the Russian language | ||
| Дена | dena | - |
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