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 surname Danae (Marathi: दणाणे, Oriya: ଦନାଏ) is found in Iran more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Danaé or Dănae. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Danae? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,140,742nd most commonly used family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 34,538,132 people. The surname Danae is mostly found in Asia, where 62 percent of Danae are found; 57 percent are found in South Asia and 56 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Danae is also the 56,722nd most widely held forename worldwide. It is borne by 11,217 people.
The surname Danae is most commonly held in Iran, where it is held by 119 people, or 1 in 645,231. In Iran Danae is mostly concentrated in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 61 percent reside, Tehran Province, where 17 percent reside and Gilan Province, where 14 percent reside. Barring Iran it occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in France, where 26 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent reside.
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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