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    The surname Danial

    An Arabic surname, carried by 520 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D540

    Danial: #41,799 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Danial #41,799, 520 people Danial: #41,799 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Danial #41,799, 520 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Danial is more common than 74.2% of them.

    Origin

    Arabic origin

    Borrowed from Arabic دَانِيَال (dāniyāl, “Daniel”); this surname is found among both Muslims and Christians.

    One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 520 people named Danial in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 593,741 Americans. That is up 49% since 2000, when the Census counted 349.

    #41,799
    rank among US surnames
    520
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +49%
    change since 2000 (was #55,124)

    Who is named Danial

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    70% of people named Danial identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 8.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 70%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 10%
    • Two or more races 8.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 5.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Danial

    Danial has the Soundex code D540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D540.

    Other Arabic surnames

    All 179 Arabic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Danial come from?
    Borrowed from Arabic دَانِيَال (dāniyāl, “Daniel”); this surname is found among both Muslims and Christians.
    How common is the surname Danial?
    520 people in the United States had the surname Danial in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 593,741 Americans. It ranked 41,799th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Danial?
    In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Danial identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Danial getting more or less common?
    More common. 349 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 520 in 2010, up 49%.