Misana

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Misana is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • NLNetherlands1 in 432K(measured from records)

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Netherlands (measured from records)

40 people, 2007

Sources
14 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 432K (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Misana 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 Misana is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NL Netherlands401 in 432K40Misana8
TZ Tanzania——1Misana13
PH Philippines———Misana3
US United States——listedMisana14
CA Canada———Misana9
KE Kenya———Misana1
ZA South Africa———Misana1

40 people counted by CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007), 2007. 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: INEC Special Gazette 2021 — 2020 parliamentary election results; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register. 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)

Misana is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Philippines, Tanzania

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Misaña

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Tanzania

    Also written Misaṇa

28 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.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Misana
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)200740#35,434
TZ TanzaniaINEC Special Gazette 2021 — 2020 parliamentary election results20201#12
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007

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

In which country does Misana have the most bearers?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 40 people named Misana, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled misana.
Where is Misana most common?
Misana is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 432 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Misana?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 40 people named Misana in 2007, about 1 in 432 thousand residents.

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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, “Misana”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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