Dentana Surname

2,333,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 67 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Dentana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dentana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea301:271,79136,992
Indonesia271:4,898,118234,077
Solomon Islands71:82,86115,196
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Dentana (15) may also be a first name.

Dentana Last Name Facts

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

Dentana is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Dentana.

How Common Is The Last Name Dentana? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,333,370th most common family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 108,769,342 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 55 percent of Dentana reside; 55 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 45 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 15 people.

The last name is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 271,791. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Bougainville, where 93 percent live and National Capital District, where 7 percent live. Beside Papua New Guinea it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 40 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dentani8666/
Dentona866/
Dentena862/
Dentane861/
Dyontana808/
Demntani801/
Dntani774/
Denthaner7510/
Dentone711,223/
Dentoni71636/
Denteno716/
Demtani714/
Dentony712/
Dentono711/
Dintona711/
Denttone671/
Dentones671/
Dinthangi631/
Dintono578/
Dntonio571/

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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 Dentana
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