Dena Surname
Approximately 20,141 people bear this surname
Dena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 7,292 | 1:2,327 | 204 |
| Kenya | 2,933 | 1:15,745 | 1,881 |
| DR Congo | 2,490 | 1:29,671 | 3,723 |
| Mexico | 1,706 | 1:72,759 | 3,199 |
| Indonesia | 1,254 | 1:105,462 | 10,824 |
| United States | 946 | 1:383,149 | 33,798 |
| Pakistan | 737 | 1:242,393 | 5,526 |
| Egypt | 427 | 1:215,306 | 15,336 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| India | 221 | 1:3,470,884 | 98,993 |
| Brazil | 196 | 1:1,092,216 | 38,202 |
| Tanzania | 159 | 1:332,966 | 24,953 |
| Romania | 155 | 1:129,535 | 14,130 |
| Cameroon | 136 | 1:152,714 | 16,743 |
| France | 135 | 1:492,020 | 69,079 |
| Mauritania | 93 | 1:44,031 | 3,308 |
| Burkina Faso | 80 | 1:229,401 | 4,683 |
| Taiwan | 79 | 1:296,769 | 2,416 |
| Spain | 78 | 1:599,385 | 28,019 |
| Ivory Coast | 74 | 1:311,773 | 11,581 |
| Albania | 66 | 1:44,152 | 6,030 |
| Papua New Guinea | 59 | 1:138,199 | 19,012 |
| Nigeria | 53 | 1:3,342,316 | 100,395 |
| Haiti | 50 | 1:213,678 | 7,899 |
| Greece | 49 | 1:226,118 | 35,110 |
| Belize | 41 | 1:8,670 | 1,208 |
| Philippines | 40 | 1:2,530,956 | 131,537 |
| Panama | 27 | 1:144,898 | 4,800 |
| Solomon Islands | 25 | 1:23,201 | 4,555 |
| Benin | 20 | 1:516,780 | 33,864 |
| Malaysia | 18 | 1:1,638,568 | 67,452 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 86 | 1:583,938 | 39,464 |
The alternate forms: Déna (323) are calculated separately.
Dena (87,703) may also be a first name.
Dena Demographics
Dena Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Dena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dena (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﻧﻪ, Hindi: देना, Marathi: देना, Oriya: େଦନା, Tibetan: དི་ན་) has its highest incidence in Mali. It can also be rendered as: Déna. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dena? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 26,685th most frequent family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 361,826 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 69 percent of Dena live; 38 percent live in West Africa and 36 percent live in Mande Africa. Dena is also the 11,441st most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 87,703 people.
Dena is most frequently used in Mali, where it is borne by 7,292 people, or 1 in 2,327. Beside Mali this last name is found in 75 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 15 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 12 percent are found.
Dena Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Dena has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dena last name grew 1,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Dena Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Dena surname is chiefly Christian (71%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Dena last name are 7.54% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 60.77% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Dena earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Colombia they earn 11.1% less than the national average, earning $20,182,900 COP per year and in United States they earn 2.83% more than the national average, earning $44,372 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dena in the Tibetan language | ||
| དི་ན་ | dina | - |
| Dena in the Marathi language | ||
| देना | dena | 85.29 |
| डेना | dena | 7.84 |
| देणा | dena | 3.92 |
| डॅना | dena | 1.96 |
| डेणा | dena | 0.98 |
| Dena in the Hindi language | ||
| देना | dena | 79.59 |
| डेना | dena | 14.29 |
| गेना | gena | 2.04 |
| दीना | dina | 2.04 |
| डेणा | dena | 2.04 |
| Dena in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺪﻧﻪ | aldnh | 59.46 |
| ﺍﻟﺪﻥ | aldn | 21.62 |
| ﺩﻧﻪ | dnh | 13.51 |
| ﺃﺩﻧﻪ | adnh | 2.7 |
| ﺩﻥ | dn | 2.7 |
| Dena in the Oriya language | ||
| େଦନା | edana | 54.55 |
| େଡନା | edana | 27.27 |
| େଡଣା | edana | 9.09 |
| େଜନା | ejana | 5.45 |
| େଦନ | edana | 1.82 |
| ଡିନା | dina | 1.82 |
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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
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- 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 Dena
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