Dentley Surname

1,391,595th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 157 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Dentley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dentley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1571:2,308,656143,524
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Dentley Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dentley occurs most in The United States. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dentley? popularity and diffusion

The surname Dentley is the 1,391,595th most widely held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 46,417,490 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Dentley reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 2,308,656. In The United States it is primarily found in: Tennessee, where 23 percent reside, Illinois, where 12 percent reside and California, where 9 percent reside.

Dentley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Dentley has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Dentley surname increased 7,850 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dentley Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Dentley are 33.73% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 86.96% registered to vote for the political party.

Dentley earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 33.45% less than the national average, earning $28,715 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dently9224/
Dentle922/
Dentler861,568/
Dentles864/
Daentle861/
Dendtler80117/
Dentelle8048/
Dentille8010/
Dentilly801/
Dintle77223/
Dintlhe7189/
Dintler717/
Dinntle710/
Dentella67754/
Dentelli6728/
Dentilli679/
Dentilla671/
Dentellia630/
Dhntla621/
Diontilla501/

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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 Dentley
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