Daniëls

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Daniëls is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Guyana it is the 8th most common surname. Recorded meaning: First recorded in 1316. Ultimately from Hebrew דניּאל (daniyél). Cognate to English Daniel.

rarermore common
  • GYGuyana1 in 213(measured from records)
  • ZASouth Africa≈1 in 1.5K
  • NZNew Zealand≈1 in 1.9K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈610,000 people, est.

#606 (measured from records)

of 19M surnames

Sources
555 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 213 (inferred from the name graph)

Guyana

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Daniels in US United States, GB United Kingdom, ZA South Africa and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

First recorded in 1316. Ultimately from Hebrew דניּאל (daniyél). Cognate to English Daniel.

Sources 3

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary
  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Attested across 24 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Daniëls counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Daniëls is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈610,000 est.≈1 in 2.3K—Daniels25
US United States#159146,5701 in 2.3K147KDaniels555
ZA South Africa#109≈38,000 est.≈1 in 1.5K—Daniels124
GB United Kingdom#212≈28,000 est.≈1 in 2.4K3Daniels262
NG Nigeria—≈20,000 est.≈1 in 11K—Daniels87
GY Guyana#83,5241 in 2133.5KDaniels19
NZ New Zealand#173≈2,600 est.≈1 in 1.9K—Daniels86

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Daniëls is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium

    Also written Dâñìél'S, Dãníêl'S, Dàniél'S, Dānïël'S, Daniél'S

  • a separate name6 spellings in the group

    Also written Daniel-S, Daniels, Danie͏̈ls, Daniéls, Danieļs

  • Spanish surname18 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, France, Brazil, Colombia

    Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

    Also written Daniels, Daniel'S, Dániels, Danie'Ls, Daniel-S

  • Indonesian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Africa

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Daniels, Daniel'S

  • English (South Africa) surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in South Africa, United States, United Kingdom

    Also written Daniels

  • Polish surname41 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Poland, Russia, Czechia

    Languages: Polish, Russian, Czech

    Also written Daniels, Даниэльс, Даниелс, Дэниелс, Даниэлс

  • Swahili surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, South Africa, Nigeria, United Kingdom

    Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho

    Also written Daniels

  • Danish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, United States, Iceland, United Kingdom

    Languages: Danish, Icelandic

    Also written Daniels, Daníels

11 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Polydoor Dionysius Daniëls, b. 1845Franz Daniëls, b. 1860Charles Daniëls, b. 1879Joop Daniëls, b. 1931René Daniëls, b. 1950Wim Daniëls, b. 1954Marc Daniëls, b. 1959Koen Daniëls, b. 1978

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 3 countries.

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Daniëls mean, and where does it come from?
First recorded in 1316. Ultimately from Hebrew דניּאל (daniyél). Cognate to English Daniel. Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
In which country does Daniëls have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 605 thousand people named Daniëls in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled daniels.
Where is Daniëls most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Daniëls is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 213 people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Daniëls?
In the United States, the national register counted 146,570 people named Daniëls in 2010, about 1 in 2.3 thousand residents.
How common is Daniëls compared with other names?
In Guyana, Daniëls is the 8th most common surname of 15,834 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Daniëls” — the 8th most common surname in Guyana. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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