Popularity of the last name by country
Algeria
All countries
- France (48,850)
- Canada (13,484)
- Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (7,927)
- Belgium (5,703)
- Hungary (2,355)
- United States (1,558)
- Spain (1,535)
- Austria (371)
- Netherlands (334)
- United Kingdom (268)
- Germany (159)
- Finland (107)
- Romania (101)
- Algeria (73)
- Switzerland (55)
- Unknown country (24)
- Latvia (21)
- Poland (21)
- New Caledonia (19)
- Tunisia (16)
- Ireland (12)
- Italy (12)
- Madagascar (10)
- Mauritius (10)
- Czech republic (8)
- Denmark (8)
- Netherlands Antilles (6)
- Argentina (6)
- Australia (6)
- Guadeloupe (6)
- Greece (6)
- New Zealand (6)
- Luxembourg (5)
- Malta (5)
- Norway (5)
- Sweden (5)
- Congo-Brazzaville (3)
- Cuba (3)
- Portugal (3)
- Russian Federation (3)
Origine of last name
DANIS : 1: French: from a derivative of the personal name <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Daniel">Daniel</a>. In North America the surname Danis may also be an altered form of the cognate Dany. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Danna">Danna</a> <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Donna">Donna</a> and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Downey">Downey</a>.2: Slovak and Czech (Daniš); Polish (also Daniś): from a derivative of the personal name <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Daniel">Daniel</a> or of any of the Slavic compound personal names formed with the element dan ‘given’ (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Dana">Dana</a>). In North America this surname may also be an altered form of the Polish cognate Danisz.3: Hungarian: patronymic from Dani a pet form of the personal name Dániel Hungarian form of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Daniel">Daniel</a>.4: American shortened form of Lithuanian Danišauskas or Daniševičius derivatives of Polish Danisz or Daniś (see 2 above).5: English (Lincolnshire): from the Middle English personal name Danis either a pet form of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Daniel">Daniel</a> or a variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Dennis">Dennis</a>.6: Turkish (Danış): ornamental name or nickname from danış ‘consultation’.
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