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.
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Average Daniels Salary in
United States
$39,233 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Daniels in the Arabic language | ||
| دانيلز | danylz | - |
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Daniels Reference & Research
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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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Footnotes
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