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Where Does The Last Name Dana Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Dana (Arabic: دنّا, Bengali: দানা, Georgian: დანა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﺍﻧﺎ, Hindi: दाना, Marathi: दाना, Oriya: ଦାନା, Tibetan: ད་ན་) is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Daña, Dană or Dána. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dana? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 6,861^st most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 88,460 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 61 percent of Dana live; 28 percent live in South Asia and 20 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Dana is also the 1,187^th most commonly occurring forename internationally. It is borne by 796,075 people.

Dana is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 14,564 people, or 1 in 9,081. In Indonesia Dana is most numerous in: Bali, where 53 percent reside, West Java, where 13 percent reside and East Java, where 4 percent reside. Aside from Indonesia Dana exists in 141 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 10 percent reside and The United States, where 10 percent reside.

Dana Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Dana has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dana surname grew 432 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 424 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dana Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Dana last name is predominantly Orthodox (75%) in Russia, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Jewish (75%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (83%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Dana last name are 9.33% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.1% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Dana earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 24.44% less than the national average, earning R 179,556 per year; in Colombia they earn 110.48% more than the national average, earning $47,784,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 10.45% more than the national average, earning $47,659 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.26% more than the national average, earning $50,808 CAD per year.