Dene Surname
Approximately 6,314 people bear this surname
Dene Surname Definition:
= Dean, q.v.
Dene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 4,349 | 1:4,220 | 506 |
| Cameroon | 332 | 1:62,557 | 7,987 |
| United States | 215 | 1:1,685,856 | 112,021 |
| Ivory Coast | 205 | 1:112,543 | 5,675 |
| Iran | 120 | 1:639,854 | 34,741 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Hungary | 93 | 1:105,551 | 10,142 |
| Nigeria | 86 | 1:2,059,800 | 71,823 |
| France | 84 | 1:790,747 | 95,785 |
| India | 81 | 1:9,469,943 | 186,993 |
| England | 80 | 1:696,476 | 39,547 |
| Turkey | 74 | 1:1,051,641 | 46,826 |
| Indonesia | 67 | 1:1,973,869 | 124,197 |
| Belgium | 62 | 1:185,430 | 24,739 |
| Zimbabwe | 49 | 1:315,066 | 31,156 |
| Mauritania | 44 | 1:93,065 | 5,851 |
| Australia | 31 | 1:870,829 | 53,581 |
| Pakistan | 28 | 1:6,380,139 | 37,476 |
| Taiwan | 25 | 1:937,790 | 6,555 |
| Uruguay | 25 | 1:137,270 | 12,322 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Brazil | 19 | 1:11,267,070 | 228,483 |
| New Zealand | 19 | 1:238,333 | 22,631 |
| Canada | 18 | 1:2,046,977 | 128,463 |
| Argentina | 16 | 1:2,671,463 | 118,579 |
| Senegal | 11 | 1:1,325,395 | 3,666 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| Bulgaria | 6 | 1:1,163,151 | 37,744 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 47 | 1:518,625 | 27,981 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:7,412 | 1,296 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 38 | 1:1,321,544 | 72,820 |
The alternate forms: Dené (8), Dène (2) & Déné (2) are calculated separately.
Dene (7,412) may also be a first name.
Dene Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
= Dean, q.v.
Dene Demographics
Average Dene Salary in
United States
$50,161 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Dene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dene (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﻥ, Marathi: देने, Oriya: େଦେନ) is found most frequently in Burkina Faso. It may be found in the variant forms: Dené, Dène or Déné. For other potential spellings of Dene click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dene? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 77,473rd most frequent surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,154,188 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Dene live; 77 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Mande Africa. It is also the 74,730th most commonly used first name in the world, held by 7,412 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 4,349 people, or 1 in 4,220. In Burkina Faso it is most common in: Centre-Est Region, where 73 percent are found, Centre Region, where 15 percent are found and Plateau-Central Region, where 5 percent are found. Other than Burkina Faso Dene is found in 54 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 5 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.
Dene Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Dene has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Dene last name rose 566 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 170 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Dene Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Dene surname are 5.61% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.38% registered with the political party.
The amount Dene earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 16.25% more than the national average, earning $50,161 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.95% less than the national average, earning $40,764 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dene Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dene in the Oriya language | ||
| େଦେନ | edena | 75 |
| େଡେନ | edena | 25 |
| Dene in the Marathi language | ||
| देने | dene | 61.54 |
| देणे | dene | 25.64 |
| डाेणे | daene | 5.13 |
| देॅने | deene | 5.13 |
| देङे | dene | 2.56 |
| Dene in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺪﻥ | aldn | 34.62 |
| ﺍﻟﺪﻧﻪ | aldnh | 19.23 |
| ﺩﻧﻪ | dnh | 15.38 |
| ﺩﻥ | dn | 15.38 |
| ﺍﺩﻥ | adn | 11.54 |
| ﺩﻳﻦ | dyn | 3.85 |
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