Dennis Forename
340th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,867,928 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Pitcairn Islands
Dennis Forename User-submission:
(Hebrew) The name Danny or Dennis means 'God is my judge'.
Dennis Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 750,180 | 1:483 | 86 |
| Kenya | 100% | 223,120 | 1:208 | 19 |
| Philippines | 99% | 208,472 | 1:509 | 58 |
| England | 100% | 81,185 | 1:685 | 156 |
| Ghana | 100% | 59,164 | 1:456 | 104 |
| Canada | 100% | 58,650 | 1:565 | 117 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 57,629 | 1:3,081 | 560 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 53,147 | 1:318 | 45 |
| Germany | 100% | 40,465 | 1:2,389 | 361 |
| South Africa | 100% | 24,515 | 1:2,224 | 381 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 21,313 | 1:333 | 83 |
| Uganda | 100% | 19,328 | 1:2,119 | 315 |
| Zambia | - | 18,465 | 1:859 | 195 |
| Australia | - | 14,975 | 1:912 | 202 |
| Malawi | 100% | 14,045 | 1:1,218 | 256 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 13,856 | 1:3,810 | 665 |
| Denmark | - | 12,678 | 1:446 | 113 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 11,403 | 1:1,353 | 248 |
| Sweden | 100% | 8,885 | 1:1,109 | 192 |
| Sudan | 100% | 8,726 | 1:4,333 | 692 |
| Honduras | 100% | 8,449 | 1:1,044 | 184 |
| Peru | 92% | 8,113 | 1:3,919 | 629 |
| Rwanda | - | 7,493 | 1:1,518 | 320 |
| Brazil | 100% | 7,456 | 1:28,733 | 2,431 |
| New Zealand | - | 7,210 | 1:629 | 147 |
| Jamaica | - | 6,103 | 1:472 | 96 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 6,037 | 1:5,003 | 646 |
| Wales | 100% | 5,297 | 1:584 | 138 |
| Mozambique | - | 5,280 | 1:5,160 | 978 |
| Indonesia | 83% | 4,647 | 1:55,512 | 6,916 |
| Liberia | 98% | 4,518 | 1:977 | 189 |
| Ecuador | - | 4,508 | 1:3,932 | 493 |
| Colombia | 87% | 4,379 | 1:10,911 | 941 |
| Costa Rica | 97% | 4,359 | 1:1,094 | 227 |
| India | 100% | 3,992 | 1:304,328 | 28,174 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 3,808 | 1:7,996 | 934 |
| Belgium | 100% | 3,529 | 1:3,256 | 598 |
| Scotland | 100% | 3,469 | 1:1,542 | 258 |
| Thailand | 100% | 3,410 | 1:20,547 | 2,825 |
| Mexico | 52% | 3,377 | 1:36,762 | 1,631 |
| Papua New Guinea | 95% | 2,762 | 1:2,952 | 332 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,718 | 1:7,652 | 1,215 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 2,450 | 1:752 | 171 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 2,289 | 1:4,631 | 727 |
| Ireland | 100% | 2,143 | 1:2,167 | 317 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 2,082 | 1:5,010 | 737 |
| China | - | 1,727 | 1:790,999 | 31,507 |
| Chile | 69% | 1,716 | 1:10,261 | 771 |
| Guatemala | 94% | 1,693 | 1:9,515 | 861 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,632 | 1:834 | 124 |
| Spain | 96% | 1,629 | 1:28,564 | 1,477 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 1,616 | 1:45,685 | 3,061 |
| Poland | 100% | 1,508 | 1:25,217 | 844 |
| Singapore | 100% | 1,505 | 1:4,177 | 680 |
| Suriname | 100% | 1,431 | 1:386 | 27 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1,288 | 1:6,019 | 500 |
| Guyana | 100% | 1,286 | 1:594 | 49 |
| Namibia | - | 1,286 | 1:1,870 | 374 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,224 | 1:25,174 | 3,238 |
| El Salvador | - | 1,221 | 1:5,194 | 523 |
| Angola | 100% | 1,215 | 1:22,195 | 1,764 |
| Nicaragua | 99% | 870 | 1:6,918 | 860 |
| Kuwait | - | 864 | 1:4,381 | 575 |
| Qatar | 100% | 843 | 1:2,811 | 391 |
| Botswana | 100% | 828 | 1:2,638 | 461 |
| Italy | 99% | 791 | 1:77,196 | 1,650 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 778 | 1:4,563 | 437 |
| Russia | 99% | 775 | 1:186,108 | 2,845 |
| Oman | - | 732 | 1:5,613 | 760 |
| Bahamas | - | 730 | 1:547 | 127 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 728 | 1:9,824 | 1,097 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 720 | 1:33,013 | 5,511 |
| Romania | 100% | 698 | 1:28,728 | 1,891 |
| Norway | 100% | 653 | 1:7,860 | 775 |
| Bangladesh | - | 642 | 1:248,382 | 11,817 |
| Swaziland | - | 641 | 1:2,028 | 451 |
| Fiji | - | 633 | 1:1,410 | 371 |
| Bahrain | - | 592 | 1:2,278 | 377 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 582 | 1:14,113 | 1,193 |
| Barbados | - | 581 | 1:499 | 114 |
| Togo | - | 577 | 1:12,546 | 1,699 |
| Belize | 100% | 562 | 1:630 | 81 |
| Malta | - | 551 | 1:779 | 173 |
| Finland | 100% | 483 | 1:11,352 | 850 |
| Cuba | - | 446 | 1:25,799 | 1,186 |
| Greece | 100% | 438 | 1:24,965 | 1,139 |
| Panama | 100% | 429 | 1:9,106 | 1,255 |
| France | 100% | 402 | 1:165,349 | 2,941 |
| Czechia | 95% | 379 | 1:28,117 | 664 |
| Japan | - | 352 | 1:363,597 | 9,472 |
| Austria | 100% | 348 | 1:24,466 | 1,018 |
| Egypt | 50% | 347 | 1:264,844 | 8,902 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 330 | 1:472 | 130 |
| Portugal | - | 323 | 1:32,232 | 1,307 |
| Samoa | - | 320 | 1:610 | 177 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 305 | 1:1,905 | 337 |
| Vanuatu | - | 292 | 1:897 | 247 |
| Guam | - | 244 | 1:658 | 120 |
| South Korea | 85% | 228 | 1:24,318 | 2,163 |
| Bermuda | - | 223 | 1:291 | 35 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 200 | 1:108,053 | 5,502 |
| Jersey | 100% | 199 | 1:502 | 116 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 185 | 1:603 | 49 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 181 | 1:606 | 97 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 174 | 1:41,591 | 1,745 |
| Grenada | 100% | 165 | 1:655 | 106 |
| Argentina | 86% | 146 | 1:292,967 | 2,914 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 145 | 1:122,392 | 3,417 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 139 | 1:24,659 | 1,227 |
| Aruba | - | 125 | 1:830 | 155 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 123 | 1:446 | 51 |
| Estonia | 100% | 117 | 1:11,243 | 1,217 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 116 | 1:265,400 | 5,580 |
| Brunei | - | 111 | 1:3,780 | 392 |
| Djibouti | - | 109 | 1:8,401 | 725 |
| Morocco | - | 109 | 1:315,125 | 6,796 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 102 | 1:974 | 170 |
| Iraq | - | 101 | 1:346,711 | 4,577 |
| Belarus | 100% | 100 | 1:94,824 | 993 |
| Albania | 99% | 99 | 1:30,773 | 3,380 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 93 | 1:588 | 97 |
| Pakistan | 51% | 84 | 1:2,313,782 | 29,905 |
| Micronesia | - | 82 | 1:1,299 | 204 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 81 | 1:757 | 144 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 76 | 1:110,196 | 3,256 |
| Croatia | 100% | 73 | 1:57,768 | 1,848 |
| Gibraltar | - | 72 | 1:474 | 99 |
| Vietnam | - | 62 | 1:1,493,921 | 2,978 |
| Turkey | 91% | 61 | 1:1,275,438 | 11,290 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 59 | 1:588 | 106 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 53 | 1:16,435 | 1,167 |
| Saint Lucia | 95% | 52 | 1:3,420 | 605 |
| Ukraine | - | 48 | 1:947,915 | 3,210 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 42 | 1:744 | 140 |
| Afghanistan | - | 41 | 1:795,696 | 10,869 |
| Greenland | - | 41 | 1:1,375 | 278 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 40 | 1:61,469 | 2,282 |
| Iceland | 100% | 37 | 1:9,892 | 909 |
| Mongolia | - | 37 | 1:79,319 | 5,615 |
| Gambia | - | 36 | 1:53,517 | 339 |
| Laos | - | 36 | 1:182,968 | 231 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 34 | 1:1,507 | 215 |
| Hungary | 100% | 33 | 1:296,720 | 1,348 |
| American Samoa | - | 32 | 1:1,745 | 269 |
| Moldova | - | 32 | 1:111,286 | 1,312 |
| Israel | 53% | 28 | 1:300,104 | 7,626 |
| Macau | - | 27 | 1:22,526 | 388 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 26 | 1:2,436 | 374 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 25 | 1:45,508 | 307 |
| Mauritius | - | 25 | 1:51,911 | 3,113 |
| Cambodia | - | 23 | 1:707,536 | 12,966 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 20 | 1:663 | 80 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 20 | 1:102,000 | 8,710 |
| East Timor | - | 16 | 1:76,148 | 197 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 16 | 1:35,253 | 1,637 |
| Myanmar | - | 16 | 1:3,246,767 | 1,079 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 15 | 1:1,210 | 201 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 14 | 1:499,314 | 7,798 |
| Kosovo | - | 14 | 1:132,960 | 6,379 |
| Latvia | - | 13 | 1:155,050 | 2,346 |
| San Marino | 100% | 12 | 1:2,743 | 338 |
| Monaco | 100% | 11 | 1:3,497 | 622 |
| Nauru | 100% | 11 | 1:1,084 | 171 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 10 | 1:964,294 | 14,459 |
| Benin | 100% | 9 | 1:1,175,094 | 27,937 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 9 | 1:5,459 | 808 |
| Haiti | - | 9 | 1:1,191,884 | 16,425 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 9 | 1:2,563,993 | 53,027 |
| Libya | - | 9 | 1:691,257 | 1,282 |
| Palau | - | 9 | 1:2,412 | 36 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 8 | 1:66,144 | 2,710 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 8 | 1:393 | 64 |
| Nepal | - | 6 | 1:4,747,892 | 50,788 |
| Algeria | - | 5 | 1:7,635,344 | 12,071 |
| Maldives | - | 5 | 1:86,781 | 2,313 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 5 | 1:1,062,013 | 3,906 |
| Chad | - | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Georgia | 100% | 4 | 1:934,616 | 13,351 |
| Kiribati | - | 4 | 1:28,348 | 503 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 4 | 1:1,493,319 | 26,894 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| New Caledonia | - | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Senegal | 50% | 4 | 1:3,645,339 | 17,621 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,887,755 | 1,822 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Andorra | - | 3 | 1:27,629 | 798 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 3 | 1:6,126,490 | 60,119 |
| Congo | 100% | 3 | 1:1,669,735 | 30,542 |
| Lithuania | - | 3 | 1:983,961 | 3,563 |
| Montserrat | - | 3 | 1:1,625 | 276 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 3 | 1:1,943 | 243 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Lebanon | - | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Northern Cyprus | 75% | 2 | 1:159,066 | 2,607 |
| Syria | - | 2 | 1:9,653,038 | 7,712 |
| Abkhazia | - | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Pitcairn Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:52 | 1 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Dénnis (13), Dênnis (6) & Dennís (6) are calculated separately.
Dennis (209,738) may also be a surname.
Dennis Forename Meaning
Dennis Forename Popularity
Dennis Demographics
Average Male Dennis Height
176.31 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 18,964 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Dennis Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dennis in the Russian language | ||
| Деннис | dennis | - |
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