Dengate Surname

319,156th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,172 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Dengate Surname User-submission:

This surname comes from the word dun, meaning 'brown'. Their ancestors were living near a brown gate.

Dengate Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia6211:43,4715,512
England2731:204,09517,723
United States2381:1,522,937103,340
Canada281:1,315,91492,927
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
France11:66,422,722504,397
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2161:112,84910,987
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:2,183,421107,224

Dengate Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname comes from the word dun, meaning 'brown'. Their ancestors were living near a brown gate.

- ltaylor

Dengate Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dengate is held by more people in Australia than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dengate? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 319,156th most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 6,218,043 people. Dengate is predominantly found in Oceania, where 53 percent of Dengate reside; 53 percent reside in Australasia and 53 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname Dengate is most frequently used in Australia, where it is carried by 621 people, or 1 in 43,471. In Australia Dengate is most prevalent in: New South Wales, where 76 percent reside, Queensland, where 16 percent reside and Australian Capital Territory, where 4 percent reside. Aside from Australia this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in England, where 23 percent reside and The United States, where 20 percent reside.

Dengate Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dengate has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Dengate last name grew 126 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 1,035 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dengate Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Dengate surname are 20.39% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 67.16% being registered with the political party.

The amount Dengate earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 0.57% less than the national average, earning $42,904 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.95% more than the national average, earning $53,136 CAD per year.

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