Den Surname

24,644th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21,923 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Monaco

Den Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Oakden,' i.e. the oak-den; v. Dean. This family name, so familiar to South Lancashire, sprang up in the neighbourhood of Crompton and parish of Rochdale. 'In the reign of Edward I.

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Den Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan3,1481:56,7482,212
Vietnam1,9921:46,509536
Australia1,8871:14,3062,029
Cambodia1,5161:10,216969
Saudi Arabia1,4311:21,5622,950
India1,2741:602,09229,011
United States1,1721:309,26528,377
Egypt7931:115,9349,519
Indonesia7791:169,76816,472
Belgium6341:18,1342,770
Canada5561:66,2697,672
Japan5441:235,0089,780
United Arab Emirates5331:17,1902,049
Russia5041:285,95829,568
Papua New Guinea4641:17,5731,772
Bangladesh4511:353,3419,758
Malaysia3101:95,1436,574
England2981:186,97316,679
New Zealand2741:16,5272,887
Morocco2391:144,25125,171
Burkina Faso2201:83,4192,887
Germany2111:381,54235,859
South Africa2011:269,54126,840
France1921:345,95252,007
Taiwan1911:122,7471,129
Hong Kong1831:40,085710
Yemen1291:204,8478,671
Portugal1231:84,7014,225
Thailand1231:574,29597,879
Philippines971:1,043,69387,866
Poland881:431,91844,930
Nigeria871:2,036,12471,256
Qatar781:30,2313,215
China661:20,716,9931,140
Belarus591:161,03521,792
Latvia521:39,4246,000
Suriname511:10,8362,716
Luxembourg491:11,8482,062
Ukraine491:929,03588,842
Liberia471:93,7997,591
Singapore471:117,1854,783
Spain441:1,062,54638,570
Switzerland411:200,31517,548
Italy391:1,568,12082,279
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
South Sudan361:317,085679
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Kazakhstan331:535,83338,572
Turkey321:2,431,91977,125
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Denmark301:188,15715,676
Sweden241:410,28229,154
Brazil191:11,267,070228,483
Norway191:270,64728,127
Malta181:23,9041,289
Jamaica161:179,3725,614
Mauritania161:255,92911,901
Algeria151:2,575,43744,639
Scotland141:382,41616,471
Austria101:851,54467,454
Ireland91:523,21515,956
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Hungary91:1,090,69749,203
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
Moldova91:395,70828,721
Sudan91:4,167,7995,799
Uganda91:4,337,69899,715
Northern Ireland81:230,63010,839
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581
Czechia71:1,519,06797,842
Greenland71:8,054710
Oman71:526,8535,771
Tunisia71:87,23213,677
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Bhutan51:123,208891
Monaco51:7,4131,114
Slovakia51:1,067,29085,393
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
Wales51:618,90625,852
Bahamas41:97,9381,027
Benin41:2,583,90073,293
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Brunei41:104,6832,048
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Djibouti41:228,733966
Gambia41:480,863548
Namibia41:602,35012,421
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Somalia41:3,363,0155,093
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
Uzbekistan41:7,732,28643,643
Albania31:971,35222,477
Bulgaria31:2,326,30254,089
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Ivory Coast31:7,690,41157,263
Syria31:6,433,67416,197
Trinidad and Tobago31:454,65814,297
Azerbaijan21:4,824,56142,415
Cayman Islands21:31,9461,715
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Kyrgyzstan21:2,986,32784,533
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813
Macau21:300,8151,009
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Transnistria21:237,35016,204
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Faroe Islands11:48,9982,049
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Marshall Islands11:51,8212,326
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
San Marino11:33,214932
São Tomé and Príncipe11:177,4233,686
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England221:1,107,97142,566
Scotland41:935,80421,348
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1431:351,18026,857

The alternate forms: Dén (91) & Deñ (1) are calculated separately.

Den (44,658) may also be a first name.

Den Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Oakden,' i.e. the oak-den; v. Dean. This family name, so familiar to South Lancashire, sprang up in the neighbourhood of Crompton and parish of Rochdale. 'In the reign of Edward I. lived Sir Baldwin de Tyas ... who granted to Sir Robert de Holland, in free marriage with Joan, his daughter, all his lands in Butterworth. the Cleggs, Garthside, Akeden, Holynworth, &c, in Rochdale': Baines' Lancashire.

This surname has widely extended in America, where we find a town called Ogdenville.

John de Okedon, Yorkshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Richard de Okeden, 6 Edward III.

1794. Married — Richard Davis and Mary Ogden: St. George, Hanover Square.

1806. — Robert Oakden and Ann Hughes: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Pattenden.' I do not know where the spot is located.

Henry Pattenden, or Battenden, B.A., 1582-3: Register of the University of Oxford.

1700. Married — George Fowle and Margaret Pattenden: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Copedene.' I cannot find the spot, but it must have been in Yorkshire The derivation is simple; v. Cope and Dean, and also Cobcroft and Copestake.

Alan Copdane, Yorkshire: Corpus Christi Guild (Surtees Society).

Geoffrey le Coppden, c. 1307. Writs of Parliament.

John Copedenne. Hundred Rolls.

John Copedenne, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Ralph Copdaine, 1690: St. Peter, Cornhill.

1687. John Naishe and Ann Cobden: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Local. (Saxon.) From ock, oak—tree, and den, a valley; the oak vale, or shady valley. Ogduine, in the Gaelic, signifies a young man, from Og, young, and duine, a man; Ogdyn, in the Welsh, has the same signification.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Dene, and Dena (English), Valley, Pasture, Plain, Enclosed grove.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

Den: (Anglo-Saxon dene), a wooded valley in which cattle might find covert and pasture. Hence the Forest of Dean, Ar-den, Rottingdean, Tenterden, Surrenden, Hazledene, Hawarden, Willesden, Brogden (the badger’s den), Roden (that of the roe). Hoxton is really Hogsden. We have the surnames Deane, Oxenden, Sugden (a sow-den), Dearden, Denman (one living in a deane); also Denyer, that has the same significance.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Standen is also a Kentish name. Standean is a Sussex hamlet. Abednigo Standen was a "freeman" of Winchelsea in 1610 (C.), and the name is still in the town.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Den Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Den Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Den (Arabic: دَنْ, Bengali: দেন, Georgian: დენ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﻥ, Hindi: देन, Marathi: डॅन, Oriya: େଡନ, Russian: Ден, Tibetan: ལྡན།) is more frequently found in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Dén or Deñ. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Den? popularity and diffusion

Den is the 24,644th most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 332,416 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 60 percent of Den live; 22 percent live in South Asia and 17 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Den is also the 20,297th most prevalent first name on earth, held by 44,658 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Pakistan, where it is held by 3,148 people, or 1 in 56,748. In Pakistan it is primarily concentrated in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 31 percent live, Sindh, where 28 percent live and Punjab, where 23 percent live. Beside Pakistan this last name occurs in 146 countries. It also occurs in Vietnam, where 9 percent live and Australia, where 9 percent live.

Den Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Den has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Den last name grew 820 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 1,355 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 350 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Den Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Den last name is principally Orthodox (80%) in Russia, Orthodox (75%) in Belarus and Orthodox (77%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Den last name are 21.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 68% being registered with the party.

The amount Den earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 24.02% less than the national average, earning R 180,564 per year; in United States they earn 11.59% less than the national average, earning $38,149 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.67% more than the national average, earning $59,951 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dén8991/
Deñ891/
Deng869,953,614/
Deen86355,223/
Dent8640,623/
Dien8613,335/
Dehn8610,160/
Daen863,876/
Denn862,357/
Doen86485/
Duen86373/
Deun86202/
Dhen86166/
Dend8685/
Denq8629/
Dden8610/
Hden867/
Desn863/
Åden863/
Tden861/
D'En861/
Demn861/
Dn801,056/
Denne754,198/
Dheng753,240/
Dheen752,170/
Dengg751,927/
Daehn75690/
Diehn75679/
Deeng75454/
Dhien75251/
Dhaen75175/
Dhend75110/
Duehn75107/
Dhoen75103/
Gyden7567/
Dienn7544/
Dentt7537/
Doehn7527/
Ddeen7524/
Demne7519/
Duenn7517/
Håden7510/
Denkë759/
Dengc758/
Denng755/
Deenn754/
Deemn754/
Deenc753/
Dehng753/
Ddeng753/
Dhent752/
Deunn752/
Deent752/
Dendt752/
Dieën752/
Denkh752/
Hdend751/
Dhenk751/
Demnn751/
Deend751/
Dendh751/
Tdeng751/
Dennh751/
Hdeen751/
Dennt751/
Demng751/
Dennn751/
Den'g751/
Ddien751/
Deesn751/
Dennd750/
Doenn750/
Deuhn750/
Hdenn750/
Dehnk750/
Din671,912,085/
Dem6724,533/
Demgne673,144/
Dengue672,887/
Denova671,772/
Dyn671,503/
Dng671,158/
D'Haen67382/
Denque67322/
Dnh67313/
Dön67177/
Dün67169/
Dehent6753/
Dnn6742/
Dhenne6739/
Dehenn6733/
Dengne6728/
Dhenng6724/
Dhn6719/
Dne6714/
Dehgen6712/
Dnt6712/
Deenne679/
Ddn679/
Dnq679/
Dnd678/
Tdn676/
Hdn676/
Demåne675/
Deenng674/
D'Hoen673/
Denntt671/
Thdeun671/
Geeden671/
D'Deng671/
D'Dent671/
D'N671/
Dîn671/
Denowa671/
Deennn671/
Gydeen671/
Dennck670/
Dennng670/
Dennth670/

Den Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Den in the Georgian language
დენden-
Den in the Bengali language
দেনdena-
Den in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺪﻥaldn66.67
ﺍﺩﻥadn25
ﺩﻥdn8.33
Den in the Hindi language
देनdena53.01
डेनdena16.87
डेंdem14.46
दीनdina12.05
Den in the Oriya language
େଡନedana50
େଡଣedana20
େଦନedana15
େଦନ୍edan5
ଡିଏନdi'ena5
େଡନ୍edan5
Den in the Marathi language
डॅनdena39.39
देनdena36.36
डेनdena15.15
डॅऩdena3.03
देणdena3.03
डोॅनdoena3.03
Den in the Tibetan language
ལྡན།den21.43
དྲེན་dren14.29
བདེན་den14.29
སྒྲོན་drön7.14
དེན་den7.14
དན་den7.14
ལྡན་ལྡན།denden7.14
གྲེན་dren7.14
གདན་den7.14
སྒྲོན།drön7.14
Den in the Russian language
Денden-
Den in the Arabic language
دَنْdan-
دنdn-
عرينryn-

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