Dench Surname

176,301st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,428 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Dench Surname Definition:

(English) Danish [Old English Denisc]

Dench Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,0291:54,1486,593
New Zealand4091:11,0721,935
United States3551:1,021,01175,157
Australia2871:94,06210,731
Canada1401:263,18324,832
Wales371:83,6366,963
Brazil361:5,946,509145,792
Ukraine301:1,517,423120,367
Scotland291:184,61410,113
Jamaica111:260,9046,695
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
United States Virgin Islands71:15,7682,111
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
France11:66,422,722504,397
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland91:492,20716,355
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5761:42,3185,329
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States411:1,224,84668,768

Dench (25) may also be a first name.

Dench Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Danish [Old English Denisc]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Dainty” in North of England dialect.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

Denshe and Deneh are medieval forms of Danish. Anglo-Saxon Denise.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the Flemish, Dengis; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Dench Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dench (Arabic: دنش, Russian: Денч) is found in England more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dench? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 176,301st most numerous surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 3,001,460 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 47 percent of Dench reside; 45 percent reside in Northern Europe and 45 percent reside in British Isles. Dench is also the 2,136,160th most widespread first name at a global level It is held by 25 people.

The surname Dench is most widespread in England, where it is held by 1,029 people, or 1 in 54,148. In England Dench is primarily concentrated in: Greater London, where 20 percent reside, Essex, where 9 percent reside and Surrey, where 8 percent reside. Barring England it exists in 31 countries. It is also found in New Zealand, where 17 percent reside and The United States, where 15 percent reside.

Dench Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dench has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Dench surname expanded 179 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 866 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 78 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Dench Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Catholic (89%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Dench last name are 11.2% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.97% being registered with the party.

The amount Dench earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 17.69% more than the national average, earning R 279,672 per year; in United States they earn 18.02% more than the national average, earning $50,924 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.43% more than the national average, earning $50,392 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Denche911,186/
Doench91269/
Densch91137/
Dentch9143/
Detnch912/
Daench910/
Denc89161/
Dentsch8334/
D'Oench8315/
Deunsch8310/
Deatnch834/
Dentche831/
Deitnch831/
Denstch830/
Danch801,666/
Dencs80621/
Dence80557/
Denci80215/
Donch80208/
Dinch80205/
Dönch80148/
Dencz8023/
Deenc803/
Dynch802/
Denkh802/
Densh801/
Dienc801/
Demch801/
Denchova779/
Duentsch777/
Dentsche770/
Dnc7511/
Dinsch7376/
Dhanch7349/
Demche7320/
Dencső7316/
Dünsch7311/
Dinche736/
Diensh733/
Demsch732/
Denzhe731/
Deensh731/
Dhemch731/
Denshe731/
Demtch730/
Dennci730/
Dennce730/
Duentzsch712/
Denz674,065/
Dens671,458/
Dinc671,332/
Dainche6759/
Düntsch6759/
Denč6738/
Dintsch6727/
Denß6716/
Dheensh675/
Dittnch675/
Denj674/
Dndc672/
Dnsh672/
Dnnc672/
Denx672/
Dentschová671/
Dync671/
Dnxh671/
Dintche671/
Dencova671/
Dnci671/
Dinnche670/

Dench Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dench in the Russian language
Денчdenc-
Dench in the Arabic language
دنشdnsh-

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