Dendy Surname

114,732nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,028 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jersey

Dendy Surname Definition:

A variant of Dandy, q.v.

Dendy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,1541:114,92012,421
Indonesia3091:427,99135,899
England2821:197,58217,327
Canada911:404,89735,698
South Africa411:1,321,40772,211
Australia321:843,61652,533
Russia291:4,969,761222,297
Scotland151:356,92115,763
Northern Ireland71:263,57711,625
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Mauritania71:584,98020,004
Wales61:515,75523,171
Kazakhstan61:2,947,083107,736
Jersey51:19,8403,614
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
France31:22,140,907385,998
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
China21:683,660,78330,601
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1601:152,34613,406
Wales211:74,6863,520
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2761:181,95216,181

Dendy (6,918) may also be a first name.

Dendy Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A variant of Dandy, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

The family tradition is, that the name was originally D'Awnay, or Dawndy. In the sixteenth century it was written Dendye, and from that time the chief habitat of the family has been the borders of Surrey and Sussex. In the parish register of Newdigate, co. Surrey, I have observed the spellings Dandie, Dandy, Dendy. See Dawnay.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Dendy Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dendy (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻧﺪﻱ, Marathi: डॅनी, Tibetan: སྒྲོན་སྒྲོས།) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dendy? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 114,732nd most frequently held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,809,222 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 73 percent of Dendy are found; 73 percent are found in North America and 73 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 78,194th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 6,918 people.

The last name Dendy is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 3,154 people, or 1 in 114,920. In The United States Dendy is most numerous in: Texas, where 14 percent reside, South Carolina, where 13 percent reside and Georgia, where 9 percent reside. Besides The United States this last name exists in 36 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 8 percent reside and England, where 7 percent reside.

Dendy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Dendy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dendy surname expanded 1,143 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 176 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it decreased 71 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dendy Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Dendy last name are 25.76% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 72.53% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Dendy earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 133.82% more than the national average, earning R 555,636 per year; in United States they earn 8.59% less than the national average, earning $39,444 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.13% more than the national average, earning $49,750 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dendys91915/
Dendey916/
Diendy912/
Denday912/
Duendy911/
Dendiy911/
Denndy911/
Dendoy911/
Dendyś911/
Dndy891/
Dehendy8377/
Dhendey832/
Dendeys831/
Dende806,911/
Denda805,159/
Dendi803,279/
Dindy8091/
Dendê8014/
Demdy806/
Dendé805/
Dändy801/
Dhendhiy774/
Dheehndy771/
Denduyts771/
Dhendaya771/
Dhende736,908/
Dender733,353/
Dienda73874/
Duende73566/
Daendi73431/
Dendis73414/
Deenda73188/
Dinday73163/
Dendea73158/
Diende73123/
Dendhi73110/
Dendih73105/
Dendeş7379/
Dendiš7369/
Dendge7368/
Duendi7366/
Dendee7342/
Diendi7342/
Dendes7340/
Dendhe7331/
Doende7328/
D'Indy7325/
Dendje7322/
Dennda7321/
Dendip7319/
Dendie7318/
Deende7317/
Dhendi7312/
Dendet7311/
Deundi739/
Dhenda736/
Dyndys735/
Dendeh734/
Deunde734/
Dendai734/
Denddi733/
Dendeš733/
Dindoy733/
Dendit731/
Dynday731/
Diondy731/
Dendaj731/
Dendeu731/
Dendei731/
Demnde731/
Ddende731/
Dendde731/
Daendee6768/
Diendie6742/
Dendish6740/
Dhendhe6713/
Dhendhi6712/
Dnda676/
Dhaende674/
Dindaya673/
Dendesz672/
Duendee672/
Deender672/
Dehende672/
Dendesh672/
Dendder671/
Deended671/
Dhendge671/
Dhendai671/
Dendhge671/
Duindoy671/
Dendejh671/
Dndi671/
Dendist671/
Dyondyo671/
Dehenda671/

Dendy Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dendy in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺩﻧﺪﻱdndy-
Dendy in the Tibetan language
སྒྲོན་སྒྲོས།dröndrö-
Dendy in the Marathi language
डॅनीdeni-

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Dendy Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dendy
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