Dança Surname

1,315,412th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 171 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Kosovo

Dança Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dança Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal751:138,9106,177
Brazil601:3,567,906100,128
Kosovo211:88,6605,199
United States101:36,245,893832,629
England11:55,718,059489,080
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Danca (8,025), Danča (16), Dancă (256) & Dâncă (31) are calculated separately.

Dança (14) may also be a first name.

Dança Last Name Facts

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

Dança is more frequently found in Portugal than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Danca, Danča, Dancă or Dâncă. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dança? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,315,412th most frequent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 42,617,228 people. Dança is predominantly found in Europe, where 58 percent of Dança live; 44 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 44 percent live in Iberian Europe. Dança is also the 3,024,661st most widespread given name world-wide It is held by 14 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Portugal, where it is carried by 75 people, or 1 in 138,910. Other than Portugal it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 35 percent reside and Kosovo, where 12 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Danca938,025/
Danča9316/
Dançja9147/
Danças9143/
Dancă87256/
Dansa804,019/
Danza802,999/
Danja801,374/
Danxa80194/
Dâncă8031/
Danço801/
Dansoa731,698/
Dancea73628/
Danzia73604/
Dancha73582/
Dangia73529/
Dansai73321/
D'Anca73207/
Dancsa73199/
D'Anza73196/
Dandja73196/
Dansia73142/
Danzas73125/
Dancau73125/
Dancza73117/
Deanza7388/
Dhanja7386/
Dansay7378/
Dhansa7345/
Dansaa7341/
Dansah7324/
Danjaa7319/
Dansha7316/
Danjau7316/
Danzau7314/
Dantsa7311/
Dhanza7310/
Dandza7310/
Danzha7310/
Dancia737/
Danjas737/
Dancai737/
Danzat735/
Dansau735/
Dainsa735/
Danjay734/
Tdanza734/
Dancay733/
Dansad732/
Deanca732/
Dantza732/
Danzai732/
Dansat732/
Danjai732/
Dangea732/
Daunsa731/
Danzaa731/
Danzay731/
Danzea731/
Danzoa731/
Danjea731/
Dannca731/
Dandsa731/
Danssa731/
Dansaz731/
Deansa730/
Dhansay67454/
Danchai67112/
Dhanjay6786/
Dansaut6728/
Dhangia6721/
Dhandsa6718/
Dangiai6714/
Dangiad6711/
Dansaha679/
Dhansai678/
Dheansa677/
Dantcha676/
Danjaut674/
Dhanjha673/
Danshoa673/
Dhanjai672/
Danchau672/
Dandjai672/
Dandgea671/
Dandsea671/
Dangioa671/
Dannsah671/
Dannzza671/
Danchay671/
Dainsea671/
Danshat671/
Dauncay671/
Dahanza671/
Dainsat671/
Danjeau671/
Damnzad671/
Dandjah671/
Dandjaï671/
Dansaah671/
Danshai671/
Deanjai671/
Dangias671/
Danjaad671/
Dansays670/
Dainsay670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dança
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