Denison Surname

41,674th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,527 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jersey

Denison Surname Definition:

V. the commoner form Dennison.

Denison Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9,1771:39,4964,870
England1,2061:46,2015,813
Australia6601:40,9035,261
Canada5991:61,5127,204
Belgium1671:68,84211,001
Tanzania1331:398,05728,212
Indonesia761:1,740,121112,888
New Zealand701:64,6909,897
France691:962,648108,938
Scotland501:107,0767,147
Brazil361:5,946,509145,792
Wales331:93,7747,567
South Africa301:1,805,92385,708
Germany291:2,776,050134,833
Nigeria221:8,051,944174,166
Austria161:532,21549,801
Russia161:9,007,691311,782
Zimbabwe151:1,029,21663,831
India121:63,922,115578,870
Philippines111:9,203,475207,772
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Bangladesh91:17,706,30813,537
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Jersey71:14,1722,872
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Belize11:355,4743,977
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1301:34,0763,286
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,0911:22,3423,142
Scotland441:85,0734,558
Wales121:130,7015,289
Jersey21:25,9413,069
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,5761:19,4952,469

The alternate forms: Dénison (1) are calculated separately.

Denison (6,437) may also be a first name.

Denison Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

V. the commoner form Dennison.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English, Irish) Son of Denis (belonging to Dionysius, Grecian god of wine); son of the brown fighter or warrior.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

The son of Denis. See, however, Dennistoun.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Thomas Denison, one of the Society of Merchant Adventurers, was buried in Leeds parish church in 1708 (Th.). The English Denisons are said to have sprung from the Scottish Dennistouns (L.). Since, however, Denny has long been a Norfolk and a Suffolk name, its change to Denison in the north of England is the same as that which a multitude of English family names have undergone in the northern counties, and a great number of examples of this change are to be found in this work.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Denison Last Name Facts

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

The surname Denison (Arabic: دنيسن, Hindi: डेनीसन, Marathi: डेनीसन, Russian: Денисон) is found most in The United States. It can be rendered as: Dénison. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Denison? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 41,674th most common last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 581,747 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 76 percent of Denison live; 76 percent live in North America and 76 percent live in Anglo-North America. Denison is also the 81,907th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 6,437 people.

Denison is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 9,177 people, or 1 in 39,496. In The United States it is primarily found in: Texas, where 12 percent live, California, where 9 percent live and Michigan, where 6 percent live. Beside The United States it exists in 58 countries. It also occurs in England, where 10 percent live and Australia, where 5 percent live.

Denison Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Denison has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 356 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 111 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 114 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 275 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 98 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Denison Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Denison last name is principally Catholic (43%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Denison last name are 16.52% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.29% being registered with the political party.

The amount Denison earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 501.7% more than the national average, earning S/. 116,640 per year; in South Africa they earn 17.52% less than the national average, earning R 195,996 per year; in United States they earn 5.95% more than the national average, earning $45,718 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.74% more than the national average, earning $58,498 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Denison Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Denison in the Hindi language
डेनीसनdenisana-
Denison in the Marathi language
डेनीसनdenisana-
Denison in the Russian language
Денисонdenison-
Denison in the Arabic language
دنيسنdnysn-

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