Daniels Surname

1,909th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 287,802 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guyana

Daniels Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Daniel.' A popular personal name in the 13th century; v. Dann, Danks, and Dannett.

Alicia Daniel, Gloucestershire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp.

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Daniels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States184,4451:1,965179
South Africa37,7611:1,435163
England21,6111:2,578332
Australia6,9651:3,876555
Canada6,7111:5,490800
Germany4,6651:17,2572,271
Belgium3,6651:3,137312
Guyana3,4631:22012
Nigeria3,2521:54,4724,143
Netherlands2,2961:7,355875
Wales1,8001:1,719166
New Zealand9551:4,742766
Liberia8181:5,389649
Jamaica7821:3,670525
Venezuela6471:46,6832,385
Ireland5901:7,9811,123
Namibia4981:4,838902
Saudi Arabia4371:70,60810,708
Scotland4211:12,7171,688
Sweden4071:24,1941,965
Mexico3631:341,9457,278
France3231:205,64331,948
Belize3011:1,181274
Israel2971:28,8144,138
Colombia2861:167,0424,565
India2481:3,093,00691,743
Thailand2111:334,77957,913
Spain1941:240,99015,620
Bermuda1861:35137
Suriname1791:3,087523
Panama1611:24,3001,515
Northern Ireland1561:11,8271,765
Brazil1521:1,408,38447,527
Dominican Republic1461:71,4583,346
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
Ghana1281:211,09911,388
Costa Rica1241:38,549996
Bahamas1141:3,436411
Papua New Guinea1111:73,4579,617
Singapore1111:49,6191,908
Chile1101:160,1505,369
Swaziland1011:12,853583
Philippines901:1,124,86991,280
Nicaragua811:74,3341,674
Switzerland801:102,66110,922
Japan761:1,682,16225,629
Poland621:613,04455,163
Bahrain591:22,8584,582
Denmark571:99,0309,368
Zimbabwe541:285,89329,291
Kuwait481:79,1819,331
Norway431:119,58815,719
Italy411:1,491,62780,856
Cyprus401:22,1222,481
Latvia401:51,2517,768
Trinidad and Tobago361:37,8883,656
Antigua and Barbuda351:2,833434
Malaysia331:893,76440,799
United States Virgin Islands301:3,679609
Portugal281:372,08012,265
China261:52,589,2912,849
Argentina241:1,780,97692,783
Uganda231:1,697,36058,907
Isle of Man191:4,517958
Qatar191:124,10514,725
Sri Lanka181:1,156,0319,144
Jersey171:5,8351,193
Kenya171:2,716,46537,471
Guam161:10,0081,526
Indonesia161:8,265,575327,276
Curaçao141:11,232389
South Korea131:3,941,558724
Barbados121:23,9541,149
Czechia121:886,12273,425
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Pakistan121:14,886,99061,272
Austria111:774,13064,097
Hong Kong111:666,8623,581
Puerto Rico111:322,7402,767
Iceland101:38,0092,599
United Arab Emirates101:916,22736,116
Cayman Islands91:7,099820
Fiji91:99,3771,883
Hungary91:1,090,69749,203
Turkey81:9,727,678134,647
Vietnam81:11,580,7572,851
Oman71:526,8535,771
Paraguay71:1,033,8219,769
Saint Lucia71:25,5401,703
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines61:18,776937
Anguilla51:2,687256
Benin51:2,067,12068,069
British Virgin Islands51:6,319600
Guatemala51:3,216,5347,141
Peru51:6,356,82538,776
Romania51:4,015,57458,306
Sudan51:7,502,0398,188
Taiwan51:4,688,94927,695
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Bulgaria41:1,744,72646,837
Saint Kitts and Nevis41:13,800846
Sierra Leone41:1,772,408958
Cuba31:3,840,90513,116
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Egypt31:30,645,251132,600
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
Ivory Coast31:7,690,41157,263
North Macedonia31:700,49123,754
Mauritius31:431,13912,721
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Bangladesh21:79,678,38625,993
Cook Islands21:9,0901,387
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Macau21:300,8151,009
Malawi21:8,559,55434,093
Mozambique21:13,630,7847,358
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Togo21:3,623,88411,997
Uruguay21:1,715,87935,955
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Dominica11:75,891912
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland611:72,6215,284
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8,7701:2,779394
Wales5701:2,752182
Scotland791:47,3823,344
Guernsey41:8,1641,328
Isle of Man21:27,1351,659
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States19,9481:2,517271

The alternate forms: Daniëls (1,896), Daniéls (8), Danielś (2) & Daníels (1) are calculated separately.

Daniels (3,078) may also be a first name.

Daniels Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Daniel.' A popular personal name in the 13th century; v. Dann, Danks, and Dannett.

Alicia Daniel, Gloucestershire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

Simon Danyel, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Beatrix Danyell, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Robertus Danyell, 1379: ibid.

Thomas Daniell, 1379: ibid.

Oliva Danyl, 1379: ibid.

Teffan Danyll, 1379: ibid.

1689-0. Buried — Sarah Daniel: St. Dionis Backchurch.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Daniel’s (Son): v. Daniel.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Welsh, English) The son of Daniel (judged of God); the son of the Welsh Deiniol (attractive).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(Hebrew.) Daniel signifies, the judgment of God, the s added, being a contraction of son—the son of Daniel.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

The name of Daniels was represented 600 years ago by Daniel in the hundreds of Maidstone and Worth (H. R.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

User-submitted Reference

This surname comes from the name Danil, which is one of the colloquial forms of the common male canonical name Daniel. This name, translated from Hebrew, means 'my judge is God', 'God is my judge', 'God is a judge'. The name Daniel was especially popular in the old days, and not only among the Slavic peoples, but in many European countries, where it became in Daniel.

- Vitalii

Daniels Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Daniels Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Daniels (Arabic: دانيلز) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear as: Daniëls, Daniéls, Danielś or Daníels. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Daniels? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,909th most prevalent last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 25,321 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 69 percent of Daniels live; 67 percent live in North America and 66 percent live in Anglo-North America. Daniels is also the 130,050th most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 3,078 people.

The surname Daniels is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 184,445 people, or 1 in 1,965. In The United States Daniels is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 9 percent are found, California, where 7 percent are found and Georgia, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States it occurs in 162 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 13 percent are found and England, where 8 percent are found.

Daniels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Daniels has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 925 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 246 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 316 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 967 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 533 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Daniels Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Anglican (41%) in Ireland, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (99%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those holding the Daniels last name are 6.39% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 53.16% being registered with the political party.

The amount Daniels earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 0.67% more than the national average, earning 348,382 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 10% less than the national average, earning R 213,876 per year; in Colombia they earn 0.9% less than the national average, earning $22,497,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 9.08% less than the national average, earning $39,233 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.24% less than the national average, earning $49,562 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Daniels Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Daniels in the Arabic language
دانيلزdanylz-

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Daniels Reference & Research

Daniel DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Daniel FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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