Denman Surname

38,755th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,569 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Denman Surname Definition:

= Dean (English) q.v. + man.

Denman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8,6511:41,8985,146
England2,6081:21,3643,006
Australia1,3661:19,7632,741
Canada4011:91,88410,069
Wales1481:20,9092,227
South Africa1261:429,98236,940
Scotland461:116,3877,543
New Zealand431:105,31013,865
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Denmark221:256,57819,736
Thailand171:4,155,197336,594
France171:3,907,219231,005
Israel161:534,85239,210
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Hungary31:3,272,09262,568
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland121:369,15613,616
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,2851:18,9692,726
Wales771:20,3691,182
Jersey51:10,3761,795
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,6161:31,0763,746

Denman (309) may also be a first name.

Denman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

= Dean (English) q.v. + man.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Denham (homestead in a valley, or the hill of Dunn’s people), the name of several places in England; dweller in a valley.

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

See the termination, den and MAN. The form in H.R. is Ate Dene. A dweller in a dene or ' den' would be called a Denman or a Denyer. The writer of the article on Surnames in Edinb. Rev. April, 1855, thinks the original Denman was a swineherd.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A denizen; in Welsh, Dinman, the place of a fortress, from din, a fortress, and man, a place. Denman, Saxon, the man of the valley; a dweller in the vale.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Or Plochet, a foreign name still to be met in France. Hugh Pluchet, Ploquet, or Pluket, t. Henry II., witnessed a charter for the Priory of Holy Trinity, London (Mon. ii. 80). He was granted Dunham, Notts, by Matthew, Count of Boulogne, and 1217 Ralph P. his son was restored on returning to his allegiance (Hardy, Lit. Claus. 323,325, 356). In the wars of Henry III. the estates of Geoffry de Dunham, Notts, were confiscated. William de Denum occurs, t. Edward III. About 1430 Robert Denham was of Notts, and was grandfather of Sir John D. of Kirklington (Surtees Society, vol. xli.). The name of Denham changed to Denman, the arms of both names being the same. From this family descended the Denmans of Notts, ancestors of the great Lord Denman, Chief Justice.

The Norman People (1874)

Danes: from Denmark. In deeds and Hundred Rolls we have So-and-so described as Le Danois.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Denman Last Name Facts

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

The surname Denman (Russian: Денман) is found most frequently in The United States. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Denman? popularity and diffusion

It is the 38,755th most frequent family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 537,073 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 58 percent of Denman are found; 58 percent are found in North America and 58 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Denman is also the 500,178th most commonly occurring forename at a global level. It is borne by 309 people.

The last name Denman is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 8,651 people, or 1 in 41,898. In The United States Denman is most frequent in: Texas, where 21 percent are found, Ohio, where 7 percent are found and California, where 6 percent are found. Besides The United States Denman exists in 46 countries. It also occurs in England, where 19 percent are found and Australia, where 10 percent are found.

Denman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Denman has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Denman surname grew 535 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 203 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 192 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 2,300 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 75 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Denman Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Catholic (64%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Denman last name are 32.16% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 85.39% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Denman earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 14.91% more than the national average, earning R 273,072 per year; in United States they earn 3.81% more than the national average, earning $44,794 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.33% more than the national average, earning $52,331 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Daenman9294/
Denmann924/
Deenman923/
Dennman923/
Denmang922/
Demnman921/
Dienman920/
Denmgan920/
Denmain920/
Dienmann861/
Denmon831,421/
Demman83222/
Dinman8358/
Dynman832/
Denmam830/
Denmanová801/
Demmane77342/
Denmond7747/
Demmang772/
Dhinman771/
Dinmang771/
D'Inman771/
Denmone771/
Denmoon771/
Demmain771/
Dennmon770/
Demmean770/
Dhemmane716/
Dinmatin714/
Demmaine711/
Dhinmane711/
Dymman6737/
Dinmon6728/
Dimman673/
Denmom673/
Demmam672/

Denman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Denman in the Russian language
Денманdenman-

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