Dányi Surname

266,307th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,468 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Dányi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dányi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary1,4211:6,908830
Slovakia391:136,83224,940
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Danyi (3,451) are calculated separately.

Dányi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dányi occurs most in Hungary. It may also occur as a variant: Danyi. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dányi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 266,307th most frequently held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 4,964,268 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Dányi live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 97 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.

The last name Dányi is most prevalent in Hungary, where it is borne by 1,421 people, or 1 in 6,908. In Hungary Dányi is mostly concentrated in: Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, where 30 percent reside, Budapest, where 15 percent reside and Pest County, where 12 percent reside. Barring Hungary this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Slovakia, where 3 percent reside and Czechia, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Danyi933,451/
Dáni89139/
Dány893/
Donyi80666/
Dánai807/
Deinyi7313/
Domnyi732/
Doonyi731/
Donnyi731/
Dhanyi731/
Dani67121,223/
Doni6727,321/
Dany678,719/
Dony673,692/
Dáné6724/
Dána679/
Dáne671/

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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 Dányi
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