Idana Surname
Approximately 1,210 people bear this surname
Idana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 836 | 1:20,477 | 3,173 |
| India | 117 | 1:6,556,114 | 148,695 |
| Zimbabwe | 78 | 1:197,926 | 23,035 |
| Indonesia | 65 | 1:2,034,603 | 127,068 |
| Burkina Faso | 58 | 1:316,416 | 5,491 |
| Tanzania | 18 | 1:2,941,201 | 49,497 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
The alternate forms: Idaña (1) are calculated separately.
Idana (1,472) may also be a first name.
Idana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Idana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Idana (Hindi: इदाना, Marathi: इदना, Oriya: ଇଦନା) is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Idaña. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Idana? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 311,195th most frequently used last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 6,022,765 people. The surname Idana occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Idana live; 76 percent live in Southern Africa and 76 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Idana is also the 202,904th most frequently used forename internationally It is held by 1,472 people.
The surname is most frequent in Malawi, where it is held by 836 people, or 1 in 20,477. Not including Malawi this last name exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in India, where 10 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Idana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Idana in the Hindi language | ||
| इदाना | idana | 80 |
| िदन | idana | 10.56 |
| ईदाना | idana | 7.22 |
| इदाणा | idana | 0.56 |
| ीदन | idana | 0.56 |
| इदना | idana | 0.56 |
| इदंा | idama | 0.56 |
| Idana in the Oriya language | ||
| ଇଦନା | idana | 75 |
| ଇଦାନା | idana | 25 |
| Idana in the Marathi language | ||
| इदना | idana | 50 |
| इडना | idana | 20 |
| इदणा | idana | 10 |
| ईदाना | idana | 10 |
| ईडना | idana | 10 |
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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 Idana
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