Da
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Da is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country. In Brazil it is the 5th most common surname. Recorded meaning: ‘Attainment’. Daiyu @ ‘Black jade’.
- UYUruguay≈1 in 164(inferred from the name graph)
- PYParaguay≈1 in 1.2K
- VEVenezuela≈1 in 1.3K
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.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- #52 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 399 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 164 (inferred from the name graph)
≈110,000 people, est.
of 19M surnames
Highest-authority source
Uruguay, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled 'Da in CH Switzerland and Dà in DZ Algeria.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
‘Attainment’. Daiyu @ ‘Black jade’. See HUIDAI. Dandan °@ ‘Cinnabar’ or ‘cinnabar red’. Cinnabar is associated with loyalty and sincerity. The reduplication of Dan makes it more intimate and familiar.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Da 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | — | ≈110,000 est. | ≈1 in 592 | 7 | — | 7 |
| VE Venezuela | #239 | ≈22,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | — | Da | 56 |
| UY Uruguay | #9 | ≈21,000 est. | ≈1 in 164 | 1 | Da | 62 |
| DZ Algeria | — | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.5K | — | Dà | 21 |
| AO Angola | #171 | ≈8,600 est. | ≈1 in 3.8K | — | Da | 75 |
| PY Paraguay | #222 | ≈6,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | Da | 52 |
| CH Switzerland | — | ≈2,900 est. | ≈1 in 2.9K | — | 'Da | 128 |
| US United States | — | 714 | 1 in 466K | 1.6K | Da | 399 |
| BR Brazil | #5 | 34 | 1 in 6.2M | 3.9K | Da | 313 |
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: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Montevideo Open Data — Nombres por año y sexo (1940–2012); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Da is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Portuguese, contraction of de a (“of/from the (feminine singular)”): feminine singular of do
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Logro, éxito
as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
In dag, wander KO da yoyu ‘wander’ ; yoyu dabu ‘wandering’: yogu ‘deep bush’ : probably basic meaning is ‘go on a hunting expedition’ :
as a wordDagbani Dictionary CD
In Akan, t?. - 13. da adi, cf. da gua. - 17. da ho: a^+ neh6 da ho, he lay uncovered. Oe.9,20' - c) eso da ho, it is uncovered. ICor.llfi. e-da,-[-da a enni ase, ensa dit, entwam' dk, eto rent^a dii, eternity. *da-asetr&, eternity as a quality. *da-ho-wo, id., eternal existence. o-i\Ah&Wy-h snuffers. Ex.25,38
as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)
In Akan, dawa, ^?. n-, 1. a little belly as hung round the neck of sheep or dogs, pr.l768\ cf. gdawuru, nnawuta. — 2. menase d., the uvula in the throat
as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Gan of Balhaeb. 750not in their usual nameKing of Balhae
- Da Yib. 1439politician
- Da Qidaob. 1530Ming dynasty person CBDB = 204729
- Da Chongguangb. 1623Qing dynasty person CBDB = 30651 (1623–1692)
- Yueh Fengb. 1909CNnot in their usual nameChinese film director
- Da YunMing dynasty person CBDB = 131903
- Da WenMing dynasty person CBDB = 245643
- Da YongdingMing dynasty person CBDB = 245644
- Da XianMing dynasty person CBDB = 245645
- Da YingMing dynasty person CBDB = 245649
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 50 sources across 32 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.1K | #24,173 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 714 | #32,268 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 359 | #53,904 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 34 | #136,957 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 7 | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- 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
- Where does the name Da come from?
- ‘Attainment’. Daiyu @ ‘Black jade’. See HUIDAI. Dandan °@ ‘Cinnabar’ or ‘cinnabar red’. Cinnabar is associated with loyalty and sincerity. The reduplication of Dan makes it more intimate and familiar. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- What does the name Da mean?
- Recorded meaning: ‘Attainment’. Daiyu @ ‘Black jade’.
- In which country does Da have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 115 thousand people named Da in France, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Da?
- In the United States, the national register counted 714 people named Da in 2010, about 1 in 466 thousand residents.
- How common is Da compared with other names?
- In Brazil, Da is the 5th most common surname of 424,864 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, “Da” — the 5th most common surname in Brazil. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.