Dane Surname
Approximately 18,350 people bear this surname
Dane Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the dane' or 'dean'(v. Dainand Dean), from residence therein. Nothing to do with Denmark and the Danes. Danes is probably the patronymic, as in Holmes, Styles, Williams, Jones, &c.
Read More About This SurnameDane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 6,514 | 1:117,756 | 7,662 |
| United States | 4,099 | 1:88,426 | 9,965 |
| England | 979 | 1:56,913 | 6,870 |
| Turkey | 593 | 1:131,233 | 10,732 |
| Netherlands | 586 | 1:28,818 | 4,732 |
| Indonesia | 404 | 1:327,349 | 28,648 |
| France | 402 | 1:165,231 | 25,748 |
| Canada | 376 | 1:97,994 | 10,662 |
| DR Congo | 369 | 1:200,216 | 19,970 |
| Sri Lanka | 365 | 1:57,010 | 6,293 |
| Cameroon | 356 | 1:58,340 | 7,511 |
| Romania | 349 | 1:57,530 | 7,040 |
| Australia | 339 | 1:79,633 | 9,272 |
| Morocco | 307 | 1:112,300 | 19,480 |
| Ivory Coast | 299 | 1:77,161 | 4,234 |
| Papua New Guinea | 223 | 1:36,564 | 4,367 |
| Philippines | 209 | 1:484,393 | 57,696 |
| Israel | 206 | 1:41,542 | 5,651 |
| Northern Ireland | 114 | 1:16,185 | 2,152 |
| New Zealand | 112 | 1:40,431 | 6,796 |
| Niger | 96 | 1:199,917 | 6,754 |
| Albania | 94 | 1:31,001 | 4,799 |
| Germany | 94 | 1:856,441 | 61,781 |
| South Africa | 77 | 1:703,607 | 50,359 |
| Iran | 69 | 1:1,112,790 | 49,471 |
| Nigeria | 59 | 1:3,002,420 | 93,371 |
| United Arab Emirates | 57 | 1:160,742 | 11,909 |
| Italy | 35 | 1:1,747,334 | 85,249 |
| Pakistan | 34 | 1:5,254,232 | 33,450 |
| Argentina | 33 | 1:1,295,255 | 74,988 |
| Senegal | 33 | 1:441,798 | 2,028 |
| Austria | 30 | 1:283,848 | 32,444 |
| Denmark | 29 | 1:194,645 | 16,083 |
| Scotland | 29 | 1:184,614 | 10,113 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| Brazil | 23 | 1:9,307,580 | 200,052 |
| Taiwan | 22 | 1:1,065,670 | 7,365 |
| Latvia | 20 | 1:102,502 | 14,510 |
| Russia | 19 | 1:7,585,424 | 283,555 |
| Spain | 19 | 1:2,460,633 | 58,585 |
| Malaysia | 18 | 1:1,638,568 | 67,452 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Thailand | 16 | 1:4,414,897 | 343,519 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| China | 11 | 1:124,301,961 | 6,553 |
| Bermuda | 10 | 1:6,528 | 1,005 |
| Burkina Faso | 10 | 1:1,835,210 | 14,348 |
| Lesotho | 10 | 1:203,256 | 14,332 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Ireland | 7 | 1:672,706 | 15,999 |
| Cambodia | 6 | 1:2,581,191 | 8,069 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| Vietnam | 5 | 1:18,529,211 | 3,282 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Zimbabwe | 4 | 1:3,859,560 | 114,807 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 98 | 1:45,203 | 3,964 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 634 | 1:38,447 | 4,937 |
| Scotland | 21 | 1:178,248 | 6,976 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:224,059 | 8,079 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,101 | 1:45,612 | 5,270 |
The alternate forms: Däne (65), Dané (35), Danè (4), Dáne (1) & Dáné (24) are calculated separately.
Dane (69,894) may also be a first name.
Dane Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the dane' or 'dean'(v. Dainand Dean), from residence therein. Nothing to do with Denmark and the Danes. Danes is probably the patronymic, as in Holmes, Styles, Williams, Jones, &c.
John de la Dane, Close Rolls, 32 Edward.
William de la Dane, Kent, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Willelmus Danes, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
1804. Married — Samuel Dane and Elizabeth Wallis: St. George, Hanover Square.
1805. — William Danes and Ruth Clapp: ibid.
(Anglo-Scand.) Native of Denmark [Old English Den(e, Old Norse Dan-r] We find both Dene and Dena in Domesday Book.
(English) a variant of Dean, q.v.
William de la Dane.—Hundred Rolls
Ó Déaghain A sept of Co. Roscommon. Dane is also an English name derived from Old-English denn, a valley. SIF 49
The English surname Dane (which is not derived from Denmark but from an old English word meaning a valley) has inevitably been confused with Dean (see More Irish Families p. 82). In Ireland, however, Dane is primarily the name of a Connacht septÓ Déaghain. In the “census” of 1659 it appears as one of the principal Irish names in Co. Roscommon; and two centuries later we find it largely concentrated around Belmullet in the adjoining county of Mayo.
Ó Déaghain A sept of Co. Roscommon. Dane is also an English name derived from Old-English denn, a valley. SIF 49
(English) One who came from Denmark (forest of the Danes); dweller near the Dane River, in Cheshire.
occurs singly in Domesd., in the counties of Notts and Lincoln, as a personal name, like Norman, Frank, &c.; and Danus as a distinctive epithet or surname is added to the personal names Osmund, Simond, Strang, and Turchil to indicate their Danish birth or extraction. But Dane is also a topographical expression, the meaning of which is not clear. In the H.R. we find both Atte Dane, and De la Dane.
From the Old Norse, Danir; from the Swedish, Dann; from the Danish, Dehn, Dein; from the German, Denia, Deny; in the Domesday Book, Dane, Dinni, Dene, Dena; a personal name.
Dane Demographics
Average Dane Salary in
United States
$45,976 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Dane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dane Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dane (Arabic: داين, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﺍﻥ, Hindi: दाने, Marathi: दाणे, Oriya: ଦାେନ, Russian: Дане) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Däne, Dané, Danè, Dáne or Dáné. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dane? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 29,245th most frequently held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 397,141 people. The last name Dane is mostly found in Asia, where 46 percent of Dane reside; 38 percent reside in South Asia and 37 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Dane is also the 13,890th most frequent forename at a global level. It is borne by 69,894 people.
The last name is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 6,514 people, or 1 in 117,756. In India it is most common in: Maharashtra, where 87 percent live, Telangana, where 8 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 2 percent live. Besides India Dane is found in 106 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 22 percent live and England, where 5 percent live.
Dane Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Dane has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dane last name rose 372 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 154 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 138 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 93 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it fell 57 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Dane Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Dane surname is chiefly Anglican (52%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Dane last name are 7.02% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 53.79% being registered with the party.
The amount Dane earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 65.52% more than the national average, earning €49,705 per year; in South Africa they earn 18.08% more than the national average, earning R 280,608 per year; in Colombia they earn 18.88% less than the national average, earning $18,415,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 6.55% more than the national average, earning $45,976 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.29% more than the national average, earning $60,262 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dane in the Oriya language | ||
| ଦାେନ | daena | 80.95 |
| ଦେନ | dena | 19.05 |
| Dane in the Marathi language | ||
| दाणे | dane | 75.45 |
| दाने | dane | 23.6 |
| डांग़े | dange | 0.25 |
| डाणे | dane | 0.09 |
| ढाणे | dhane | 0.07 |
| दाण | dana | 0.07 |
| डाने | dane | 0.05 |
| दणे | dane | 0.05 |
| दाणॆ | dane | 0.05 |
| दंड़े | danre | 0.02 |
| दानेे | danee | 0.02 |
| डणे | dane | 0.02 |
| Dane in the Hindi language | ||
| दाने | dane | 68.66 |
| दाणे | dane | 23.88 |
| दने | dane | 5.97 |
| दनी | dani | 1.49 |
| Dane in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺪﺍﻥ | aldan | 68.42 |
| ﺩﺍﻥ | dan | 21.05 |
| ﺩﺍﻧﻪ | danh | 10.53 |
| Dane in the Russian language | ||
| Дане | dane | - |
| Dane in the Arabic language | ||
| داين | dayn | - |
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