Deness Surname
Approximately 131 people bear this surname
Deness Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 12 | 1:2,031,281 | 60,933 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Deness (50) may also be a first name.
Deness Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Deness Come From? nationality or country of origin
Deness (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻧﻴﺲ) occurs in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Deness? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,565,797th most frequently occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 55,630,121 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Deness live; 80 percent live in Southern Africa and 80 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,412,538th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 50 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Not including Malawi this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 8 percent reside and Malaysia, where 4 percent reside.
Deness Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Deness has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Deness last name rose 367 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 92 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Deness Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Deness in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻧﻴﺲ | dnys | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Deness
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