Danae Surname
Approximately 211 people bear this surname
Danae Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 119 | 1:645,231 | 34,926 |
| France | 55 | 1:1,207,686 | 126,065 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Danaé (1) & Dănae (1) are calculated separately.
Danae (11,217) may also be a first name.
Danae Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Danae Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Danae (Marathi: दणाणे, Oriya: ଦନାଏ) occurs more in Iran more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Danaé or Dănae. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Danae? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,140,742nd most frequent surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 34,538,132 people. Danae occurs predominantly in Asia, where 62 percent of Danae live; 57 percent live in South Asia and 56 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 56,722nd most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 11,217 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Iran, where it is borne by 119 people, or 1 in 645,231. In Iran it is most common in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 61 percent are found, Tehran Province, where 17 percent are found and Gilan Province, where 14 percent are found. Besides Iran Danae exists in 11 countries. It is also found in France, where 26 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Danae Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Danae in the Marathi language | ||
| दणाणे | danane | - |
| Danae in the Oriya language | ||
| ଦନାଏ | dana'e | 82.24 |
| ଦାନାଏ | dana'e | 17.76 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Danae
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