The Anna surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,002 people carried this name — #24,838 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 294,100 people counted. That is up 5% from 955 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 127 people named Anna.
33 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 62 people named Anna live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Santiago del Estero.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
20 people named Anna live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Anna,
with a public archive behind them.
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Anna Aloys Henga 1901– · lawyer -
Margit Anna 1913–1991 · artist -
Anna 1896–1968
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Edyta Anna Plebankiewicz 1901– · researcher
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Threes Anna 1959– · screenwriter
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Susanne Anna 1962– · historian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Anna.
When the index is not enough
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