Popularity of the last name by country

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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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