How common is the surname Danna?

3,904 people in the United States had the surname Danna in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,084 Americans. It ranked 8,458th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Danna?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Danna identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Danna getting more or less common?

More common. 3,561 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,904 in 2010, up 9.6%.

Is Danna also a first name?

Yes. Danna is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Danna

A French surname, carried by 3,904 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D500 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Danna is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

French origin

As a surname from French D'Anna (“of Anna”). The given name is more probably a feminine form coined from Dan or Daniel.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,904 people named Danna in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 79,084 Americans. That is up 9.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,561.

#8,458

rank among US surnames

3,904

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+9.6%

change since 2000 (was #8,519)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,453	Pollak	3,908	79,003
#8,455	Edson	3,906	79,044
#8,456	Gilreath	3,905	79,064
#8,458	Danna	3,904	79,084
#8,464	Grimmett	3,903	79,105
#8,467	Vineyard	3,901	79,145

Who is named Danna

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

91% of people named Danna identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Two or more races 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Danna

Danna has the Soundex code D500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D500.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Danna come from?: As a surname from French D'Anna (“of Anna”). The given name is more probably a feminine form coined from Dan or Daniel.
How common is the surname Danna?: 3,904 people in the United States had the surname Danna in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,084 Americans. It ranked 8,458th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Danna?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Danna identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Danna getting more or less common?: More common. 3,561 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,904 in 2010, up 9.6%.
Is Danna also a first name?: Yes. Danna is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.