Dennison Surname

19,628th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27,947 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Belize

Dennison Surname Definition:

Dennis’s Son: v. Dennis.

Dennison Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States18,5261:19,5652,457
England3,7941:14,6862,168
Canada1,4441:25,5163,437
Australia1,3811:19,5482,716
New Zealand5541:8,1741,393
South Africa5061:107,07112,911
Scotland3451:15,5181,943
Northern Ireland3191:5,7841,065
Ireland2061:22,8592,259
Wales1511:20,4942,174
Jamaica1481:19,3921,721
India751:10,227,538196,136
Belize681:5,228908
Philippines541:1,874,782115,801
Nigeria351:5,061,222131,727
Botswana331:66,27111,607
Belgium291:396,43641,978
Netherlands251:675,48754,943
Germany191:4,237,129172,669
Thailand171:4,155,197336,594
Singapore171:323,98313,856
France171:3,907,219231,005
Zimbabwe141:1,102,73166,551
Spain141:3,339,43167,428
United Arab Emirates131:704,79025,221
Malaysia131:2,268,78789,138
Ecuador101:1,590,58518,674
Costa Rica101:478,0074,148
China101:136,732,1577,199
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Trinidad and Tobago81:170,4978,814
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
American Samoa61:9,2931,961
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Guyana41:190,5559,777
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Bahamas41:97,9381,027
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guam11:160,1214,893
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland2991:14,8161,903
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,1461:11,3591,742
Scotland1591:23,5422,196
Wales151:104,5614,503
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,0101:12,5231,620

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.

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

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

Dennison Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dennison in the Marathi language
डेसीसनdesisana-

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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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