The Daniels surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 138,776 people carried this name — #180 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,940 people counted.
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In Belgium’s population register
At least 2,956 people named Daniels live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Limburg.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 88 people named Daniels.
Most of them — 46 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Nord.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
82 people named Daniels live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
73 people named Daniels have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 128 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In print
Daniels in American newspapers,
1868–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 759,506 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Daniels.
- Danger 403 · U.S. census
- Dangler 1,192 · U.S. census
- Dani 478 · U.S. census
- Daniel 75,135 · U.S. census
- Daniele 1,561 · U.S. census
- Danieli 252 · U.S. census
- Danino 108 · U.S. census
- Danis 1,982 · U.S. census
- Danjou 287 · U.S. census
- Danna 3,561 · U.S. census
- Danne 140 · U.S. census
- Dannel 138 · U.S. census
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