Dani Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History

Dani Surname

4,642^nd

Most Common

surname in the World

Approximately 121,223 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:

Indonesia

Highest density in:

Albania

Dani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Dani Surname Distribution Map

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Indonesia	34,596	1:3,823	474
India	23,918	1:32,071	2,339
Iran	11,113	1:6,909	959
Sudan	5,880	1:6,379	935
Nigeria	5,166	1:34,290	2,813
Morocco	4,124	1:8,360	1,110
Saudi Arabia	2,981	1:10,351	1,441
Italy	2,715	1:22,525	3,919
Nepal	2,584	1:11,022	698
Algeria	2,538	1:15,221	2,738
Hungary	2,523	1:3,891	458
Albania	2,252	1:1,294	161
Togo	1,890	1:3,835	622
Ethiopia	1,771	1:55,080	5,737
Pakistan	1,358	1:131,549	3,757
Malaysia	1,217	1:24,235	2,185
Romania	1,188	1:16,901	2,180
Philippines	1,084	1:93,393	16,232
United Arab Emirates	952	1:9,624	1,215
Tanzania	908	1:58,306	6,309
United States	885	1:409,558	35,670
Netherlands	871	1:19,388	3,040
South Africa	859	1:63,071	7,932
Brazil	712	1:300,666	11,591
DR Congo	588	1:125,646	13,565
Bangladesh	451	1:353,341	9,758
Kosovo	451	1:4,128	689
Papua New Guinea	426	1:19,140	1,957
France	346	1:191,973	29,874
Kenya	325	1:142,092	11,464
Burkina Faso	295	1:62,211	2,500
Ivory Coast	270	1:85,449	4,583
Zimbabwe	253	1:61,021	9,206
Niger	252	1:76,159	3,356
Greece	244	1:45,409	7,404
Solomon Islands	228	1:2,544	244
Qatar	172	1:13,709	1,501
England	167	1:333,641	24,529
Malawi	157	1:109,039	12,664
Argentina	155	1:275,764	22,190
Serbia	154	1:46,396	4,593
Spain	148	1:315,892	18,720
Canada	147	1:250,650	23,792
Benin	142	1:72,786	8,756
Sweden	120	1:82,056	6,066
Australia	100	1:269,957	24,430
Kuwait	96	1:39,591	4,718
Afghanistan	91	1:353,332	5,259
Bahrain	88	1:15,325	3,085
Germany	88	1:914,835	64,706
Portugal	85	1:122,568	5,627
Hong Kong	84	1:87,327	1,583
Czechia	80	1:132,918	21,095
Moldova	80	1:44,517	6,611
Slovakia	74	1:72,114	14,005
North Macedonia	68	1:30,904	3,755
Belgium	64	1:179,635	24,162
Dominican Republic	62	1:168,273	6,481
Taiwan	55	1:426,268	3,270
Austria	54	1:157,693	20,874
Singapore	43	1:128,086	5,748
Switzerland	39	1:210,588	18,223
Slovenia	33	1:75,384	10,217
Thailand	26	1:2,716,859	279,944
Cambodia	25	1:619,486	4,539
Cameroon	24	1:865,378	58,754
Uganda	24	1:1,626,637	57,482
Israel	20	1:427,882	33,464
Russia	19	1:7,585,424	283,555
Angola	16	1:1,686,826	3,823
Oman	16	1:230,498	3,970
Turkey	13	1:5,986,263	116,031
Croatia	12	1:352,384	32,084
China	11	1:124,301,961	6,553
Egypt	9	1:10,215,084	48,153
Ghana	9	1:3,002,299	11,581
Honduras	8	1:1,102,055	4,829
Mauritania	8	1:511,858	18,608
Peru	8	1:3,973,015	32,693
Northern Ireland	7	1:263,577	11,625
Guyana	7	1:108,889	7,175
Japan	6	1:21,307,382	48,838
Venezuela	6	1:5,034,013	43,431
Jordan	5	1:1,768,487	19,843
Botswana	4	1:546,732	22,624
Brunei	4	1:104,683	2,048
Finland	4	1:1,374,176	50,379
Norway	4	1:1,285,572	69,185
Sri Lanka	4	1:5,202,140	12,146
Tunisia	4	1:152,656	17,743
Armenia	3	1:976,727	13,552
Bulgaria	3	1:2,326,302	54,089
San Marino	3	1:11,071	699
Scotland	3	1:1,784,606	41,943
Ireland	2	1:2,354,470	19,715
Chile	2	1:8,808,237	65,417
Denmark	2	1:2,822,358	76,882
Ecuador	2	1:7,952,923	34,269
Liberia	2	1:2,204,268	40,131
Mexico	2	1:62,063,102	83,384
Montenegro	2	1:319,782	7,691
Uruguay	2	1:1,715,879	35,955
Azerbaijan	1	1:9,649,122	47,873
Bermuda	1	1:65,279	3,010
Bolivia	1	1:10,616,434	17,077
Cape Verde	1	1:529,642	6,792
Chad	1	1:13,592,199	13,092
Colombia	1	1:47,774,072	44,230
Congo	1	1:4,989,096	34,171
East Timor	1	1:1,215,928	507
French Polynesia	1	1:280,805	7,211
Gibraltar	1	1:33,954	1,660
Iceland	1	1:380,090	11,096
Iraq	1	1:35,021,654	31,813
Latvia	1	1:2,050,046	60,295
Lebanon	1	1:5,637,083	32,436
Libya	1	1:6,243,974	6,186
Luxembourg	1	1:580,542	15,155
Macau	1	1:601,630	1,582
Madagascar	1	1:23,649,837	9,420
Mali	1	1:16,969,035	4,067
Mongolia	1	1:2,825,289	17,010
Mozambique	1	1:27,261,569	7,432
New Zealand	1	1:4,528,323	55,372
Nicaragua	1	1:6,021,090	8,768
Paraguay	1	1:7,236,746	16,511
Rwanda	1	1:11,364,978	5,947
Senegal	1	1:14,579,342	11,705
Somalia	1	1:13,452,061	9,224
South Korea	1	1:51,240,256	8,015
Uzbekistan	1	1:30,929,142	67,786
Wales	1	1:3,094,532	44,023
Yemen	1	1:26,425,294	55,147
Zambia	1	1:15,849,922	53,989

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Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
England	6	1:4,062,562	101,150

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
United States	41	1:1,224,846	68,768

The alternate forms: Dáni (139) are calculated separately.

Dani (279,746) may also be a first name.

Dani Demographics

Dani Political Affiliation
in United States

Sample size: 167 (2014)

United States
Average

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Dani Last Name Facts

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

Dani (Bengali: ধণী, Georgian: დანი, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﺍﻧﻲ, Hindi: दानी, Marathi: दाणी, Oriya: ଦାନୀ) is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Dáni. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

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

This last name is the 4,642^nd most commonly used surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 60,117 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 67 percent of Dani live; 33 percent live in South Asia and 30 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Dani is also the 3,755^th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 279,746 people.

Dani is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is carried by 34,596 people, or 1 in 3,823. In Indonesia it is most common in: West Java, where 26 percent live, North Sumatra, where 11 percent live and Bali, where 6 percent live. Not including Indonesia this surname occurs in 133 countries. It is also found in India, where 20 percent live and Iran, where 9 percent live.

Dani Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Dani has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dani last name rose 2,159 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 2,783 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dani Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Dani surname is primarily Orthodox (71%) in Russia, Christian (56%) in Kenya and Muslim (93%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those bearing the Dani last name are 4.26% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 57.49% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Dani earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 18.62% more than the national average, earning €35,622 per year; in South Africa they earn 42.9% less than the national average, earning R 135,696 per year; in United States they earn 14.07% more than the national average, earning $49,220 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.91% less than the national average, earning $45,751 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Surname	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Dáni	92	139	/
Dangi	89	57,848	/
Danis	89	15,055	/
Danyi	89	3,451	/
Danai	89	3,307	/
Daini	89	2,875	/
Danni	89	1,892	/
Dahni	89	1,536	/
Daniy	89	923	/
Danie	89	904	/
Danio	89	763	/
Damni	89	709	/
Danhi	89	690	/
Dasni	89	675	/
Ddani	89	575	/
Danit	89	532	/
Danei	89	506	/
Danoi	89	392	/
Daani	89	331	/
Dagni	89	324	/
Danid	89	294	/
Danii	89	258	/
Dauni	89	156	/
Daniz	89	151	/
Datni	89	138	/
Daniç	89	85	/
Dayni	89	81	/
Danih	89	72	/
Daniś	89	68	/
Danip	89	43	/
Danij	89	19	/
Daniș	89	11	/
Daïni	89	9	/
Dajni	89	6	/
Danui	89	5	/
Hdani	89	5	/
Danish	80	66,181	/
Dahani	80	11,334	/
Daunis	80	1,248	/
Dannis	80	1,158	/
Danich	80	1,143	/
Dhanai	80	1,092	/
Danois	80	729	/
Dhangi	80	723	/
Dangai	80	663	/
Dhauni	80	568	/
Danais	80	565	/
Dangiy	80	529	/
Damnoi	80	385	/
Damnui	80	293	/
Danieh	80	284	/
Damnei	80	265	/
Danait	80	252	/
Dhanni	80	250	/
Dhanis	80	226	/
Danaia	80	226	/
Dainis	80	205	/
Dainiy	80	200	/
Dangni	80	166	/
Dhaniy	80	108	/
Dhanie	80	105	/
Danțiș	80	81	/
Dangih	80	77	/
Dannie	80	74	/
Deanie	80	72	/
Danidh	80	72	/
Dangoi	80	55	/
Damnai	80	50	/
Dhayni	80	48	/
Dhanio	80	40	/
Deanni	80	35	/
Danțis	80	33	/
Dangii	80	33	/
Dagnie	80	31	/
Danngi	80	30	/
Daniss	80	29	/
Dainhi	80	28	/
Daneis	80	28	/
Daunit	80	26	/
Dhanoi	80	25	/
Daunie	80	25	/
Danizs	80	25	/
Daungi	80	23	/
Deanis	80	21	/
Dhamni	80	20	/
Ddangi	80	20	/
Daingi	80	19	/
Daanai	80	19	/
Danhai	80	17	/
Daimni	80	17	/
Daangi	80	14	/
Danniy	80	13	/
D'Angi	80	12	/
Daynie	80	12	/
Daajni	80	12	/
Dannai	80	11	/
Daneit	80	11	/
Dhanei	80	10	/
Thdani	80	9	/
Danhui	80	9	/
D'anni	80	9	/
Damnit	80	8	/
D'Agni	80	8	/
Dainih	80	7	/
Dainio	80	7	/
Daanis	80	6	/
Dhanij	80	6	/
Danaiy	80	6	/
Danoit	80	5	/
Daniey	80	5	/
Dauniy	80	5	/
Daniea	80	5	/
Dhanii	80	5	/
Daneid	80	5	/
Dhanid	80	5	/
Daunih	80	5	/
Daynis	80	4	/
Dannoi	80	4	/
Danhit	80	4	/
Dannei	80	4	/
Dauniz	80	4	/
Dannio	80	4	/
Deanio	80	4	/
Daunai	80	4	/
Dhanip	80	3	/
Dhanit	80	3	/
Danhid	80	3	/
Danhis	80	3	/
Dhanih	80	3	/
Deaniz	80	3	/
Dagnis	80	2	/
Dannii	80	2	/
Dasnai	80	2	/
Daanni	80	2	/
Danihs	80	2	/
Daniph	80	2	/
Deangi	80	2	/
Daynit	80	2	/
Danaih	80	2	/
Daigni	80	2	/
Dannih	80	2	/
Dagnit	80	2	/
Dainai	80	2	/
Dainie	80	2	/
Daneiz	80	2	/
Dhahni	80	2	/
Danaid	80	2	/
Danist	80	1	/
Dhanhi	80	1	/
Dhanyi	80	1	/
Dahnii	80	1	/
Damniy	80	1	/
Dagnić	80	1	/
Daymni	80	1	/
Daynai	80	1	/
Dainei	80	1	/
Dahnoi	80	1	/
Tdeani	80	1	/
Tdhani	80	1	/
Deagni	80	1	/
Dahïni	80	1	/
Dainii	80	1	/
Danije	80	1	/
Danuis	80	1	/
Danoiz	80	1	/
Daanie	80	1	/
Danaai	80	1	/
Dahnei	80	1	/
Dannit	80	0	/
Danihe	80	0	/
Daunoi	80	0	/
Danh	75	88,765	/
Dana	75	82,382	/
Doni	75	27,321	/
Dane	75	18,350	/
Dany	75	8,719	/
Dană	75	160	/
Dané	75	35	/
Danj	75	24	/
Danè	75	4	/
Daunais	73	1,062	/
Wandani	73	1,060	/
Vandani	73	629	/
Dhanait	73	624	/
Dahamni	73	573	/
Daunois	73	334	/
D'Hanis	73	255	/
Dasnois	73	159	/
Dangnui	73	126	/
Dangnoi	73	124	/
Dhanish	73	106	/
Daanish	73	87	/
Dhanije	73	67	/
Dhannie	73	66	/
Dannijs	73	58	/
Danaish	73	56	/
Dhauniy	73	56	/
Dannish	73	48	/
Dannich	73	37	/
Dhahani	73	37	/
Dasnoit	73	32	/
Danhaia	73	31	/
Dhanaiy	73	27	/
Daineis	73	24	/
Dhainiy	73	22	/
Dahaani	73	18	/
Daingni	73	16	/
Dhanhai	73	15	/
Ddahani	73	13	/
Dahanni	73	10	/
Deagnie	73	10	/
Danhuis	73	7	/
Dhanaia	73	7	/
Daunish	73	6	/
Daineiz	73	6	/
Dasnish	73	6	/
Daynich	73	5	/
Dhanniy	73	5	/
Deannis	73	5	/
Dhanaih	73	4	/
Deannie	73	3	/
Dasinni	73	3	/
Dagnais	73	3	/
Dannois	73	3	/
Dahahni	73	3	/
Dhangai	73	3	/
Dhangih	73	3	/
Dhanidh	73	3	/
Dangnai	73	3	/
Danneis	73	2	/
Dasnich	73	2	/
Daynish	73	2	/
Dhanaij	73	2	/
Dhanaai	73	2	/
Danahai	73	2	/
Dainish	73	2	/
Danishs	73	1	/
Dhanich	73	1	/
Dhanais	73	1	/
Dhdhani	73	1	/
Dangaai	73	1	/
Danishp	73	1	/
Dannais	73	1	/
Dacinni	73	1	/
Deagnoi	73	1	/
Deanais	73	1	/
Dathnis	73	1	/
Daunist	73	1	/
Daunnie	73	1	/
Ddanish	73	1	/
Dahatni	73	1	/
Danisdh	73	1	/
Daahani	73	1	/
Danaije	73	1	/
Dhaunii	73	1	/
Danihsh	73	1	/
Danishh	73	1	/
Daneeij	73	1	/
Dhahnit	73	1	/
Dajhnit	73	1	/
Deangai	73	1	/
Daungai	73	1	/
Danicht	73	1	/
Danheis	73	1	/
Deaniss	73	0	/
Deanitt	73	0	/
Dagneis	73	0	/
Dannhio	73	0	/
Danehie	73	0	/
Danaich	73	0	/
Dange	67	63,874	/
Dagne	67	59,434	/
Deane	67	26,077	/
Donis	67	24,537	/
Danna	67	17,260	/
Danny	67	9,349	/
Dhane	67	9,040	/
Dhana	67	7,571	/
Danes	67	6,366	/
Danet	67	4,724	/
Deana	67	4,433	/
Dongi	67	4,106	/
Daina	67	3,495	/
Danyo	67	3,372	/
Danne	67	3,163	/
Doniz	67	2,812	/
Daine	67	2,465	/
Donio	67	2,316	/
Danaj	67	1,861	/
Danay	67	1,617	/
Dányi	67	1,468	/
Daney	67	1,431	/
Donai	67	1,401	/
Daane	67	1,325	/
Danoy	67	1,183	/
Daneh	67	1,169	/
Danaa	67	1,111	/
Donni	67	1,025	/
Daana	67	1,021	/
Danej	67	948	/
Dauna	67	829	/
Danea	67	801	/
Douni	67	762	/
Donyi	67	666	/
Donie	67	633	/
Dhany	67	624	/
Dayne	67	560	/
Donoi	67	560	/
Dauny	67	516	/
Daune	67	513	/
Dayna	67	506	/
Daïna	67	485	/
Dahne	67	466	/
Tdana	67	445	/
Dachemni	67	410	/
Danez	67	361	/
Daner	67	341	/
Danje	67	334	/
Deany	67	303	/
Daneu	67	294	/
Donei	67	271	/
Daned	67	268	/
Doini	67	251	/
Damne	67	234	/
Dohni	67	222	/
Dogni	67	189	/
Danee	67	174	/
Donid	67	158	/
Domni	67	155	/
Dasne	67	105	/
Doniy	67	95	/
Danoa	67	91	/
Donhi	67	88	/
Deuni	67	78	/
Dhanh	67	63	/
Dainy	67	61	/
Tdane	67	55	/
Dotni	67	42	/
Donih	67	42	/
Daneț	67	37	/
Dahné	67	36	/
Danep	67	35	/
Danés	67	35	/
Donii	67	34	/
Daneș	67	34	/
Daunicht	67	32	/
Deyni	67	30	/
Dajne	67	30	/
Deangnoi	67	30	/
Donip	67	29	/
Da'na	67	26	/
Donij	67	22	/
D'ana	67	22	/
Dajna	67	21	/
Danyś	67	21	/
Daimé	67	18	/
Danné	67	16	/
Dhanj	67	15	/
Dhamnait	67	15	/
Dosni	67	14	/
Danér	67	12	/
Danhy	67	12	/
Dóniz	67	11	/
Dgany	67	10	/
Ddana	67	10	/
Danès	67	10	/
Dojni	67	9	/
Vandaani	67	8	/
Donit	67	8	/
Dayné	67	8	/
Daungnoi	67	8	/
Danoj	67	7	/
Danhe	67	7	/
Duoni	67	7	/
Daneş	67	7	/
Dánai	67	7	/
Danaiová	67	6	/
Dañio	67	6	/
Datne	67	5	/
Hdana	67	4	/
Dainhaia	67	4	/
Dañit	67	4	/
Deangnui	67	4	/
Daïne	67	4	/
Dañgi	67	3	/
Donui	67	3	/
Dhaanish	67	2	/
Danış	67	2	/
Daanj	67	2	/
Dainh	67	2	/
Doyni	67	2	/
Dgane	67	1	/
Dhaynish	67	1	/
Damhi	67	1	/
D'Ane	67	1	/
Dahangai	67	1	/
Dan'e	67	1	/
Danaheit	67	1	/
Danishsh	67	1	/
Danuj	67	1	/
Danyy	67	1	/
Dahnh	67	1	/
Dainá	67	1	/
Dãnis	67	1	/
Ďanis	67	1	/
Dasné	67	1	/
Dañoi	67	1	/
Danyš	67	1	/
Danäs	67	1	/
Daimè	67	1	/
Dajny	67	1	/
Danuy	67	1	/
Danjj	67	1	/
Damnh	67	1	/
Daanh	67	1	/
Dhasnich	67	1	/
Daany	67	1	/
Danyh	67	1	/
Daungnid	67	1	/
Daungnui	67	1	/
Dannahie	67	0	/
Danaheis	67	0	/

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Dani Name Transliterations

Transliteration	ICU Latin	Percentage of Incidence
Dani in the Georgian language
დანი	dani	-
Dani in the Hindi language
दानी	dani	79.63
दनी	dani	6.29
दानिश	danisa	5.29
दानि	dani	3.56
डाणी	dani	1.46
दाणी	dani	1.43
दंई	dami	1.03
डानी	dani	0.3
दनि	dani	0.27
दणी	dani	0.07
दंइ	dami	0.03
धनी	dhani	0.03
डैनी	daini	0.03
दान	dana	0.03
देनी	deni	0.03
दाञी	dani	0.03
डनी	dani	0.03
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Dani in the Marathi language
दाणी	dani	70.1
दानी	dani	29.25
डानी	dani	0.15
ढानी	dhani	0.06
दणी	dani	0.05
दााणी	daani	0.04
दनी	dani	0.04
डनी	dani	0.03
दाऩी	dani	0.02
डांग़ी	dangi	0.02
ढाणी	dhani	0.02
धानी	dhani	0.01
डँनी	damni	0.01
दन	dana	0.01
धनी	dhani	0.01
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Dani in the Oriya language
ଦାନୀ	dani	69.66
ଦାନି	dani	25.75
ଦନି	dani	1.12
ଡାନି	dani	0.82
ଡଣି	dani	0.47
ଦନୀ	dani	0.41
ଡନି	dani	0.24
ଡାନୀ	dani	0.18
ଜାନୀ	jani	0.18
ଦାନ	dana	0.06
ଧନି	dhani	0.06
ଦଣୀ	dani	0.06
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Dani in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺩﺍﻧﻲ	dany	50
ﺩﺍﻧﻰ	dany	25
ﺍﻟﺪﺍﻥ	aldan	25
Dani in the Bengali language
ধণী	dhani	25
দনী	dani	25
ধনীরাম	dhanirama	25
ধনি	dhani	25

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