Daniels Surname
Approximately 287,802 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameDaniels Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 184,445 | 1:1,965 | 179 |
| South Africa | 37,761 | 1:1,435 | 163 |
| England | 21,611 | 1:2,578 | 332 |
| Australia | 6,965 | 1:3,876 | 555 |
| Canada | 6,711 | 1:5,490 | 800 |
| Germany | 4,665 | 1:17,257 | 2,271 |
| Belgium | 3,665 | 1:3,137 | 312 |
| Guyana | 3,463 | 1:220 | 12 |
| Nigeria | 3,252 | 1:54,472 | 4,143 |
| Netherlands | 2,296 | 1:7,355 | 875 |
| Wales | 1,800 | 1:1,719 | 166 |
| New Zealand | 955 | 1:4,742 | 766 |
| Liberia | 818 | 1:5,389 | 649 |
| Jamaica | 782 | 1:3,670 | 525 |
| Venezuela | 647 | 1:46,683 | 2,385 |
| Ireland | 590 | 1:7,981 | 1,123 |
| Namibia | 498 | 1:4,838 | 902 |
| Saudi Arabia | 437 | 1:70,608 | 10,708 |
| Scotland | 421 | 1:12,717 | 1,688 |
| Sweden | 407 | 1:24,194 | 1,965 |
| Mexico | 363 | 1:341,945 | 7,278 |
| France | 323 | 1:205,643 | 31,948 |
| Belize | 301 | 1:1,181 | 274 |
| Israel | 297 | 1:28,814 | 4,138 |
| Colombia | 286 | 1:167,042 | 4,565 |
| India | 248 | 1:3,093,006 | 91,743 |
| Thailand | 211 | 1:334,779 | 57,913 |
| Spain | 194 | 1:240,990 | 15,620 |
| Bermuda | 186 | 1:351 | 37 |
| Suriname | 179 | 1:3,087 | 523 |
| Panama | 161 | 1:24,300 | 1,515 |
| Northern Ireland | 156 | 1:11,827 | 1,765 |
| Brazil | 152 | 1:1,408,384 | 47,527 |
| Dominican Republic | 146 | 1:71,458 | 3,346 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Ghana | 128 | 1:211,099 | 11,388 |
| Costa Rica | 124 | 1:38,549 | 996 |
| Bahamas | 114 | 1:3,436 | 411 |
| Papua New Guinea | 111 | 1:73,457 | 9,617 |
| Singapore | 111 | 1:49,619 | 1,908 |
| Chile | 110 | 1:160,150 | 5,369 |
| Swaziland | 101 | 1:12,853 | 583 |
| Philippines | 90 | 1:1,124,869 | 91,280 |
| Nicaragua | 81 | 1:74,334 | 1,674 |
| Switzerland | 80 | 1:102,661 | 10,922 |
| Japan | 76 | 1:1,682,162 | 25,629 |
| Poland | 62 | 1:613,044 | 55,163 |
| Bahrain | 59 | 1:22,858 | 4,582 |
| Denmark | 57 | 1:99,030 | 9,368 |
| Zimbabwe | 54 | 1:285,893 | 29,291 |
| Kuwait | 48 | 1:79,181 | 9,331 |
| Norway | 43 | 1:119,588 | 15,719 |
| Italy | 41 | 1:1,491,627 | 80,856 |
| Cyprus | 40 | 1:22,122 | 2,481 |
| Latvia | 40 | 1:51,251 | 7,768 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 36 | 1:37,888 | 3,656 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 35 | 1:2,833 | 434 |
| Malaysia | 33 | 1:893,764 | 40,799 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 30 | 1:3,679 | 609 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| China | 26 | 1:52,589,291 | 2,849 |
| Argentina | 24 | 1:1,780,976 | 92,783 |
| Uganda | 23 | 1:1,697,360 | 58,907 |
| Isle of Man | 19 | 1:4,517 | 958 |
| Qatar | 19 | 1:124,105 | 14,725 |
| Sri Lanka | 18 | 1:1,156,031 | 9,144 |
| Jersey | 17 | 1:5,835 | 1,193 |
| Kenya | 17 | 1:2,716,465 | 37,471 |
| Guam | 16 | 1:10,008 | 1,526 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Curaçao | 14 | 1:11,232 | 389 |
| South Korea | 13 | 1:3,941,558 | 724 |
| Barbados | 12 | 1:23,954 | 1,149 |
| Czechia | 12 | 1:886,122 | 73,425 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Pakistan | 12 | 1:14,886,990 | 61,272 |
| Austria | 11 | 1:774,130 | 64,097 |
| Hong Kong | 11 | 1:666,862 | 3,581 |
| Puerto Rico | 11 | 1:322,740 | 2,767 |
| Iceland | 10 | 1:38,009 | 2,599 |
| United Arab Emirates | 10 | 1:916,227 | 36,116 |
| Cayman Islands | 9 | 1:7,099 | 820 |
| Fiji | 9 | 1:99,377 | 1,883 |
| Hungary | 9 | 1:1,090,697 | 49,203 |
| Turkey | 8 | 1:9,727,678 | 134,647 |
| Vietnam | 8 | 1:11,580,757 | 2,851 |
| Oman | 7 | 1:526,853 | 5,771 |
| Paraguay | 7 | 1:1,033,821 | 9,769 |
| Saint Lucia | 7 | 1:25,540 | 1,703 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6 | 1:18,776 | 937 |
| Anguilla | 5 | 1:2,687 | 256 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| British Virgin Islands | 5 | 1:6,319 | 600 |
| Guatemala | 5 | 1:3,216,534 | 7,141 |
| Peru | 5 | 1:6,356,825 | 38,776 |
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| Sudan | 5 | 1:7,502,039 | 8,188 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 1:1,744,726 | 46,837 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4 | 1:13,800 | 846 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| Cuba | 3 | 1:3,840,905 | 13,116 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Egypt | 3 | 1:30,645,251 | 132,600 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| North Macedonia | 3 | 1:700,491 | 23,754 |
| Mauritius | 3 | 1:431,139 | 12,721 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Bangladesh | 2 | 1:79,678,386 | 25,993 |
| Cook Islands | 2 | 1:9,090 | 1,387 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Macau | 2 | 1:300,815 | 1,009 |
| Malawi | 2 | 1:8,559,554 | 34,093 |
| Mozambique | 2 | 1:13,630,784 | 7,358 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Togo | 2 | 1:3,623,884 | 11,997 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 61 | 1:72,621 | 5,284 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8,770 | 1:2,779 | 394 |
| Wales | 570 | 1:2,752 | 182 |
| Scotland | 79 | 1:47,382 | 3,344 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:8,164 | 1,328 |
| Isle of Man | 2 | 1:27,135 | 1,659 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19,948 | 1:2,517 | 271 |
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.
Daniel’s (Son): v. Daniel.
(Welsh, English) The son of Daniel (judged of God); the son of the Welsh Deiniol (attractive).
(Hebrew.) Daniel signifies, the judgment of God, the s added, being a contraction of son—the son of Daniel.
The name of Daniels was represented 600 years ago by Daniel in the hundreds of Maidstone and Worth (H. R.).
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.
- VitaliiDaniels Demographics
Average Male Daniels Height
176.78 cm
Average Female Daniels Height
162.28 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Daniels Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Daniels Come From? nationality or country of origin
Daniels (Arabic: دانيلز) is most common in The United States. It may be found as a variant: Daniëls, Daniéls, Danielś or Daníels. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Daniels? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,909th most frequently used family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 25,321 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 69 percent of Daniels are found; 67 percent are found in North America and 66 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Daniels is also the 130,050th most commonly used given name in the world, borne by 3,078 people.
This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 184,445 people, or 1 in 1,965. In The United States it is most frequent in: Texas, where 9 percent are found, California, where 7 percent are found and Georgia, where 7 percent are found. Besides The United States it is found in 162 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 13 percent are found and England, where 8 percent are found.
Daniels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Daniels has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Daniels last name rose 925 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 246 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 316 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 967 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 533 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Daniels Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Daniels surname is chiefly Anglican (41%) in Ireland, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Daniels are 6.39% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.16% 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
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Daniels in the Arabic language | ||
| دانيلز | danylz | - |
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Daniels Reference & Research
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