Denis Surname
Approximately 197,443 people bear this surname
Denis Surname Definition:
From the personal name Denis (earlier Denys), the French form of Latin Dionysius. S. Denis, the patron saint of France, was the titular saint of five Scottish fairs. Johannes Dennys was burgess of Aberdeen, 1499 (REA., I, p. 344), James Denis was burgess of Linlithgow, 1536 (Johnsoun), and Isobel Denoiss is recorded in Abernethie, 1617 (Dunblane).
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 59,932 | 1:1,108 | 40 |
| Haiti | 19,232 | 1:556 | 73 |
| Chad | 16,850 | 1:807 | 128 |
| Nigeria | 11,866 | 1:14,929 | 1,471 |
| Canada | 11,053 | 1:3,334 | 422 |
| Tanzania | 9,865 | 1:5,367 | 709 |
| Belgium | 9,549 | 1:1,204 | 44 |
| United States | 7,418 | 1:48,862 | 5,919 |
| Paraguay | 6,712 | 1:1,078 | 230 |
| Sudan | 6,160 | 1:6,089 | 887 |
| Argentina | 4,813 | 1:8,881 | 874 |
| Cuba | 4,136 | 1:2,786 | 394 |
| Kenya | 2,869 | 1:16,096 | 1,922 |
| Ethiopia | 2,737 | 1:35,640 | 4,079 |
| Uruguay | 2,335 | 1:1,470 | 175 |
| Mexico | 2,292 | 1:54,156 | 2,691 |
| Poland | 1,794 | 1:21,187 | 3,189 |
| Cameroon | 1,282 | 1:16,201 | 2,218 |
| Russia | 1,193 | 1:120,807 | 14,431 |
| Malaysia | 869 | 1:33,940 | 2,868 |
| DR Congo | 814 | 1:90,761 | 10,309 |
| Ghana | 762 | 1:35,460 | 4,134 |
| India | 743 | 1:1,032,389 | 43,187 |
| Spain | 697 | 1:67,076 | 6,002 |
| Malawi | 680 | 1:25,175 | 3,828 |
| Brazil | 677 | 1:316,210 | 12,184 |
| Germany | 617 | 1:130,479 | 15,889 |
| Papua New Guinea | 590 | 1:13,820 | 1,308 |
| Indonesia | 582 | 1:227,232 | 21,130 |
| Panama | 541 | 1:7,232 | 739 |
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Venezuela | 450 | 1:67,120 | 2,920 |
| England | 449 | 1:124,094 | 12,458 |
| Colombia | 379 | 1:126,053 | 4,039 |
| Netherlands | 343 | 1:49,234 | 8,424 |
| Seychelles | 299 | 1:309 | 52 |
| Dominican Republic | 247 | 1:42,239 | 2,243 |
| Switzerland | 242 | 1:33,938 | 4,986 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Thailand | 237 | 1:298,052 | 51,367 |
| Mauritius | 233 | 1:5,551 | 1,122 |
| Chile | 221 | 1:79,713 | 3,178 |
| Saint Lucia | 220 | 1:813 | 151 |
| Ivory Coast | 218 | 1:105,831 | 5,423 |
| Belarus | 181 | 1:52,492 | 8,946 |
| Puerto Rico | 175 | 1:20,287 | 716 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Uganda | 148 | 1:263,779 | 19,248 |
| Zimbabwe | 138 | 1:111,871 | 15,325 |
| Australia | 136 | 1:198,498 | 19,506 |
| Italy | 132 | 1:463,308 | 48,643 |
| Portugal | 123 | 1:84,701 | 4,225 |
| Benin | 111 | 1:93,114 | 10,737 |
| Iraq | 110 | 1:318,379 | 6,214 |
| Nicaragua | 107 | 1:56,272 | 1,492 |
| Greece | 105 | 1:105,522 | 17,739 |
| French Polynesia | 104 | 1:2,700 | 546 |
| New Caledonia | 94 | 1:2,939 | 404 |
| Philippines | 93 | 1:1,088,583 | 89,772 |
| Dominica | 92 | 1:825 | 184 |
| Ireland | 86 | 1:54,755 | 3,820 |
| Moldova | 74 | 1:48,127 | 7,050 |
| Turkey | 72 | 1:1,080,853 | 47,659 |
| Kazakhstan | 61 | 1:289,877 | 24,582 |
| Luxembourg | 59 | 1:9,840 | 1,676 |
| Uzbekistan | 54 | 1:572,762 | 12,592 |
| Kuwait | 48 | 1:79,181 | 9,331 |
| Costa Rica | 41 | 1:116,587 | 1,845 |
| South Africa | 39 | 1:1,389,172 | 74,222 |
| Liberia | 36 | 1:122,459 | 9,313 |
| Madagascar | 36 | 1:656,940 | 2,016 |
| Israel | 35 | 1:244,504 | 22,492 |
| China | 34 | 1:40,215,340 | 2,154 |
| Norway | 33 | 1:155,827 | 19,235 |
| Transnistria | 32 | 1:14,834 | 2,816 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 29 | 1:3,806 | 627 |
| Denmark | 28 | 1:201,597 | 16,538 |
| Ecuador | 27 | 1:589,105 | 11,569 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Burundi | 25 | 1:392,194 | 499 |
| Lithuania | 25 | 1:121,384 | 14,277 |
| Rwanda | 25 | 1:454,599 | 1,711 |
| Solomon Islands | 25 | 1:23,201 | 4,555 |
| Romania | 24 | 1:836,578 | 52,064 |
| Czechia | 23 | 1:462,325 | 50,029 |
| Latvia | 23 | 1:89,132 | 12,995 |
| Jamaica | 22 | 1:130,452 | 4,751 |
| Namibia | 22 | 1:109,518 | 9,023 |
| Niger | 21 | 1:913,906 | 20,544 |
| Austria | 20 | 1:425,772 | 43,235 |
| New Zealand | 19 | 1:238,333 | 22,631 |
| Croatia | 18 | 1:234,922 | 26,068 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Jersey | 15 | 1:6,613 | 1,336 |
| Senegal | 15 | 1:971,956 | 3,098 |
| Belize | 13 | 1:27,344 | 2,013 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:446,151 | 18,166 |
| Yemen | 12 | 1:2,202,108 | 13,606 |
| Bulgaria | 11 | 1:634,446 | 25,919 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Peru | 9 | 1:3,531,569 | 31,288 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| El Salvador | 8 | 1:792,986 | 3,584 |
| Kosovo | 8 | 1:232,734 | 7,787 |
| Palestine | 8 | 1:568,606 | 13,348 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
| Congo | 6 | 1:831,516 | 16,072 |
| Finland | 6 | 1:916,117 | 41,832 |
| Slovenia | 6 | 1:414,612 | 18,975 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 1:227,329 | 10,175 |
| Monaco | 5 | 1:7,413 | 1,114 |
| Albania | 4 | 1:728,514 | 20,844 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| East Timor | 4 | 1:303,982 | 255 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 4 | 1:283,918 | 487 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Honduras | 4 | 1:2,204,110 | 6,397 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Slovakia | 4 | 1:1,334,112 | 94,300 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Turkmenistan | 4 | 1:1,372,278 | 6,164 |
| Andorra | 3 | 1:27,946 | 1,499 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 1:1,178,801 | 15,876 |
| Hungary | 3 | 1:3,272,092 | 62,568 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1:1,990,885 | 79,765 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| North Macedonia | 3 | 1:700,491 | 23,754 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Anguilla | 1 | 1:13,436 | 792 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Montserrat | 1 | 1:4,947 | 471 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 69 | 1:64,201 | 4,905 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 130 | 1:187,503 | 15,253 |
| Wales | 34 | 1:46,130 | 2,397 |
| Jersey | 17 | 1:3,052 | 493 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,163 | 1:43,180 | 5,022 |
The alternate forms: Dênis (10), Dénis (10), Denís (3), Deniš (2) & Deniś (1) are calculated separately.
Denis (3,265,201) may also be a first name.
Denis Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
From the personal name Denis (earlier Denys), the French form of Latin Dionysius. S. Denis, the patron saint of France, was the titular saint of five Scottish fairs. Johannes Dennys was burgess of Aberdeen, 1499 (REA., I, p. 344), James Denis was burgess of Linlithgow, 1536 (Johnsoun), and Isobel Denoiss is recorded in Abernethie, 1617 (Dunblane). As forename we have: Dionisius Cavers, 1506 (RMS., II, 2985), Dionisius Chalmer, bailie of Newburgh, Fife, 1544 (Laing, Newburgh, p. 487), Dioniss Blackat in Perth, 1581 (Mill, Plays, p. 280), and Denoyis Gilruff in parish of Lesmahago, 1623 (Lanark CR.). Dionysius became third prior of Scone, 1140 (Scon, pref., p. IX), and Dyonisius was decanus de Anegus in first quarter of thirteenth century (RAA., I, p. 106).
(English, Irish) Descendant od Denis (belonging to Dionysius, the Grecian god of wine); descendant of the brown fighter or warrior.
A baptismal name: the patron saint of France. Sometimes, however, as Ferguson observes, it may be from the Anglo-Saxon, Denisca, Danish, and this is confirmed by the Le Deneys of the H.R.
From dinas, dinas, a bulwark, fortress, city, walled town. The name may, however, sometimes be from the parish of St. Denis in Powdre, so called from St. Denis or Dionysius, to whom its church was dedicated.
A corruption of the Greek name Dionysius, which is derived from διος, divine, and υους, mind. Dinas, Welsh, a fort, a stronghold.
The old Liskeard family of Dennis, hailing originally from Devonshire, supplied twelve mayors to the town between 1680 and 1732, and its representative in parliament in 1733 (A,).
Dennis is an ancient name in Devonshire. In the reign of Henry II. an influential family of Le Deneis resided at Pancrasweek, in the hundred of Black Torrington, and from them sprang the knightly family of Dennis, of Blagdon and Manaton, and the families of Dennis of Holcomb - Buraell, Colliscombe, etc., in the 16th and 17th centuries (W. A. and W.). Dennis was a Bideford name in the 16th and 17th centuries, Anthony Dennis, of Orleigh, being mayor in the reign of James I., whilst Robert Dennis was a Bideford alderman somewhere about this period (Wat.). Thomas Dennys was mayor of Barnstale in the time of Cromwell, and Nicholas Dennys was deputy - recorder of that town in the reign of Charles II. (G.). The principal home of the name in this county is still to be found in Barnstaple and its neighbourhood.
Denis Demographics
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Denis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Denis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Denis (Arabic: دونيس, Georgian: დენის, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻭﻧﻴﺲ, Hindi: डेनिस, Marathi: डेिनस, Oriya: େଡନିସ, Russian: Денис) is more commonly found in France than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Dênis, Dénis, Denís, Deniš or Deniś. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Denis? popularity and diffusion
Denis is the 2,835th most frequent surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 36,910 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 38 percent of Denis reside; 35 percent reside in Western Europe and 34 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Denis is also the 141st most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 3,265,201 people.
The last name Denis is most numerous in France, where it is carried by 59,932 people, or 1 in 1,108. In France Denis is most common in: Île-de-France, where 16 percent live, Hauts-de-France, where 12 percent live and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 10 percent live. Outside of France it occurs in 168 countries. It also occurs in Haiti, where 10 percent live and Chad, where 9 percent live.
Denis Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Denis has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Denis surname increased 638 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 345 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 125 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 600 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it fell 79 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Denis Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Catholic (97%) in Ireland, Orthodox (88%) in Russia, Orthodox (76%) in Belarus, Orthodox (100%) in Kazakhstan, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Greek Orthodox (50%) in Lebanon, Christian (97%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (55%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Denis last name are 2.89% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 56.12% registered with the political party.
The amount Denis earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 61.39% less than the national average, earning €11,596 per year; in Norway they earn 4.88% less than the national average, earning 329,182 kr per year; in Peru they earn 38.39% more than the national average, earning S/. 26,827 per year; in South Africa they earn 32.68% less than the national average, earning R 159,984 per year; in Colombia they earn 18.54% less than the national average, earning $18,494,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.71% more than the national average, earning $45,181 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.65% less than the national average, earning $42,406 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Denis Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Denis in the Georgian language | ||
| დენის | denis | - |
| Denis in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻭﻧﻴﺲ | dwnys | - |
| Denis in the Hindi language | ||
| डेनिस | denisa | 91.5 |
| डेनीस | denisa | 4.05 |
| डॅनिस | denisa | 2.02 |
| देनिस | denisa | 0.81 |
| दिनिश | dinisa | 0.4 |
| देनीस | denisa | 0.4 |
| Denis in the Oriya language | ||
| େଡନିସ | edanisa | 76.92 |
| େଡନିସ୍ | edanis | 15.38 |
| େଦନିସ | edanisa | 5.13 |
| େଡ଼ନିଶ୍ | eranis | 2.56 |
| Denis in the Marathi language | ||
| डेिनस | deinasa | 60.4 |
| डेनीस | denisa | 21.9 |
| डॅिनस | deinasa | 4.79 |
| डॅनीस | denisa | 3.96 |
| डीस | disa | 2.77 |
| डेणीस | denisa | 0.37 |
| डेनस | denasa | 0.23 |
| देनीस | denisa | 0.18 |
| केणी | keni | 0.14 |
| डेनील | denila | 0.09 |
| डॅनीक | denika | 0.09 |
| डेलीस | delisa | 0.05 |
| टेनी | teni | 0.05 |
| डॅनस | denasa | 0.05 |
| डेनेस | denesa | 0.05 |
| केनी | keni | 0.05 |
| डनीस | danisa | 0.05 |
| डेन | dena | 0.05 |
| देणीस | denisa | 0.05 |
| एलीस | elisa | 0.05 |
| टेनीस | tenisa | 0.05 |
| Denis in the Russian language | ||
| Денис | denis | - |
| Denis in the Arabic language | ||
| دونيس | dwnys | - |
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