Dennyson Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Scotland

Dennyson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dennyson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
India111:69,733,217610,955
England61:9,286,343223,652
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Dennyson (333) may also be a first name.

Dennyson Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dennyson occurs most in South Africa. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Dennyson.

How Common Is The Last Name Dennyson? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,944,094th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 43 percent of Dennyson live; 34 percent live in Southern Africa and 34 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Dennyson is also the 479,726th most commonly occurring given name at a global level. It is borne by 333 people.

The last name Dennyson is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 3,611,847. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 67 percent live and Western Cape, where 33 percent live. Not including South Africa this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in India, where 25 percent live and England, where 14 percent live.

Dennyson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Dennyson has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Dennyson last name grew 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dennyson Last Name Statistics demography

Dennyson earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 48.5% less than the national average, earning R 122,376 per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dennyson
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