How common is the last name Daniel?

78,123 people in the United States have the last name Daniel, about 1 in 3,826. It ranks #407 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

DANIEL

#407

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
78,123
About
1 in 3,826
This common or more
29.7%
Who bears it

Of the 78,123 people with the last name Daniel, 58.2% reported their origin as White, 26.6% as Black and 6.4% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Daniel

#405 Velasquez · 78,234#406 Francis · 78,198#408 Ochoa · 77,931#409 Hardy · 77,922

Spelled almost the same

7 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Daniel, most common first.

#13,547 Daniell · 2,145#16,766 Daniele · 1,657#30,637 Danial · 815#44,823 Daniely · 515#62,792 Danieli · 344#71,896 Danel · 292#141,309 Dannel · 121

Also a first name

As a first name, Daniel ranks #9 of 53,615, with 1,607,193 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1985, with 38,853 births. See Daniel as a first name

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