Davenish Surname
Approximately 2 people bear this surname
Davenish Surname Definition:
The family first appear as gentry in co. Susaex about the year 1399. The name, clearly indicative of a Devonshire origin, is cognate with Kentish, Cornish, &c. The Irish branch, who transferred themselves to the sister island in the reign of Henry VIII.
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 13 | 1:1,875,028 | 58,113 |
Davenish Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
The family first appear as gentry in co. Susaex about the year 1399. The name, clearly indicative of a Devonshire origin, is cognate with Kentish, Cornish, &c. The Irish branch, who transferred themselves to the sister island in the reign of Henry VIII., have a tradition that it is corrupted from a Saxon root signifying "deep waters," and that their original patronymic was Sutton; but there is no evidence of the truth of either statement. Le Deveneys, Deveneys, and Devenist are found in H.R., and there is an Isabella la Deveneis.
Local. Signifies deep water. This surname was given to an ancestor of the family who was early settled at the confluence of the rivers Isis and Thames, near Oxford, England. Dwfn, Welsh, deep; uisge, Gaelic, water.
Devenish is an old Dorset name, though not now sufficiently frequent to be placed in my list. A gentle family of Devenish resided at Gillingham in the 17th century (H.). Devenish was the name of a Weymouth chief magistrate in 1828 (E.).
Davenish Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Davenish Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Davenish is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Davenish.
How Common Is The Last Name Davenish? popularity and diffusion
The surname Davenish is the 11,742,229th most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Davenish reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is most numerous in: Utah, where 100 percent live.
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