Dennison Surname
Approximately 27,947 people bear this surname
Dennison Surname Definition:
Dennis’s Son: v. Dennis.
Dennison Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18,526 | 1:19,565 | 2,457 |
| England | 3,794 | 1:14,686 | 2,168 |
| Canada | 1,444 | 1:25,516 | 3,437 |
| Australia | 1,381 | 1:19,548 | 2,716 |
| New Zealand | 554 | 1:8,174 | 1,393 |
| South Africa | 506 | 1:107,071 | 12,911 |
| Scotland | 345 | 1:15,518 | 1,943 |
| Northern Ireland | 319 | 1:5,784 | 1,065 |
| Ireland | 206 | 1:22,859 | 2,259 |
| Wales | 151 | 1:20,494 | 2,174 |
| Jamaica | 148 | 1:19,392 | 1,721 |
| India | 75 | 1:10,227,538 | 196,136 |
| Belize | 68 | 1:5,228 | 908 |
| Philippines | 54 | 1:1,874,782 | 115,801 |
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| Belgium | 29 | 1:396,436 | 41,978 |
| Netherlands | 25 | 1:675,487 | 54,943 |
| Germany | 19 | 1:4,237,129 | 172,669 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| France | 17 | 1:3,907,219 | 231,005 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Spain | 14 | 1:3,339,431 | 67,428 |
| United Arab Emirates | 13 | 1:704,790 | 25,221 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| Ecuador | 10 | 1:1,590,585 | 18,674 |
| Costa Rica | 10 | 1:478,007 | 4,148 |
| China | 10 | 1:136,732,157 | 7,199 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 8 | 1:170,497 | 8,814 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Guyana | 4 | 1:190,555 | 9,777 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Bahamas | 4 | 1:97,938 | 1,027 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 299 | 1:14,816 | 1,903 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,146 | 1:11,359 | 1,742 |
| Scotland | 159 | 1:23,542 | 2,196 |
| Wales | 15 | 1:104,561 | 4,503 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,010 | 1:12,523 | 1,620 |
Dennison (1,821) may also be a first name.
Dennison Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Dennis’s Son: v. Dennis.
(English, Irish) Son of Denis (belonging to Dionysius, Grecian god of wine); son of the brown fighter or warrior.
Dennison Demographics
Average Male Dennison Height
176.41 cm
Average Female Dennison Height
162.16 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Dennison Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dennison Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dennison (Marathi: डेसीसन) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dennison? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dennison is the 19,628th most prevalent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 260,763 people. The last name Dennison is mostly found in The Americas, where 72 percent of Dennison live; 71 percent live in North America and 71 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 178,861st most frequent first name on earth, held by 1,821 people.
It is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 18,526 people, or 1 in 19,565. In The United States Dennison is most numerous in: Ohio, where 8 percent reside, California, where 6 percent reside and Florida, where 6 percent reside. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 69 countries. It also occurs in England, where 14 percent reside and Canada, where 5 percent reside.
Dennison Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Dennison has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dennison surname grew 462 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 177 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 217 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it decreased 31 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 1,007 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Dennison Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Dennison surname is principally Anglican (44%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Dennison surname are 13.54% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.31% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Dennison earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 72.27% more than the national average, earning R 409,380 per year; in United States they earn 3.93% less than the national average, earning $41,452 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.59% more than the national average, earning $50,471 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dennisson | 94 | 83 | / |
| Dennision | 94 | 9 | / |
| Dennisonn | 94 | 1 | / |
| Dennisjon | 94 | 1 | / |
| Dennishon | 94 | 1 | / |
| Dennission | 89 | 0 | / |
| Dinnison | 88 | 282 | / |
| Denneson | 88 | 53 | / |
| Dennyson | 88 | 44 | / |
| Dennisen | 88 | 32 | / |
| Dennisan | 88 | 25 | / |
| Dennisom | 88 | 1 | / |
| Dennisonová | 84 | 1 | / |
| Dennissen | 82 | 139 | / |
| Dennisant | 82 | 1 | / |
| Diennyson | 82 | 1 | / |
| Dinnisson | 82 | 0 | / |
| Dennesson | 82 | 0 | / |
| Duenneisen | 78 | 2 | / |
| Dynneson | 75 | 141 | / |
| Dennesen | 75 | 49 | / |
| Dennysen | 75 | 25 | / |
| Dennißen | 75 | 6 | / |
| Dinneson | 75 | 0 | / |
| Dinnissen | 71 | 428 | / |
| Dennessen | 71 | 15 | / |
| Dennyssen | 71 | 13 | / |
| Denneesan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Denneßen | 63 | 24 | / |
| Dnizan | 57 | 1 | / |
Dennison Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dennison in the Marathi language | ||
| डेसीसन | desisana | - |
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Dennison Reference & Research
Irish Dennison Ancestry - A comprehensive family history of the Ulster-Scot Dennisons detailing the family in Donegal, in the north west of Ireland.
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