Denys Surname
Approximately 10,781 people bear this surname
Denys Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 3,021 | 1:3,806 | 394 |
| France | 2,995 | 1:22,178 | 2,577 |
| Ukraine | 2,373 | 1:19,184 | 2,655 |
| Poland | 591 | 1:64,313 | 10,097 |
| United States | 530 | 1:683,885 | 54,344 |
| Indonesia | 361 | 1:366,341 | 31,484 |
| Canada | 314 | 1:117,343 | 12,424 |
| Luxembourg | 75 | 1:7,741 | 1,212 |
| Australia | 70 | 1:385,653 | 31,598 |
| Brazil | 54 | 1:3,964,339 | 108,357 |
| England | 52 | 1:1,071,501 | 51,923 |
| South Africa | 38 | 1:1,425,729 | 75,291 |
| Germany | 32 | 1:2,515,796 | 126,826 |
| Seychelles | 29 | 1:3,186 | 566 |
| Switzerland | 29 | 1:283,204 | 22,806 |
| Saint Lucia | 23 | 1:7,773 | 895 |
| El Salvador | 23 | 1:275,821 | 2,336 |
| Netherlands | 22 | 1:767,599 | 58,330 |
| Spain | 18 | 1:2,597,335 | 59,996 |
| Haiti | 14 | 1:763,136 | 11,139 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| New Zealand | 11 | 1:411,666 | 31,040 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Colombia | 9 | 1:5,308,230 | 18,838 |
| Paraguay | 8 | 1:904,593 | 9,127 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:55,188 | 6,229 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 13 | 1:1,875,028 | 58,113 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
The alternate forms: Denyś (4) & Dénys (2) are calculated separately.
Denys (126,504) may also be a first name.
Denys Demographics
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Denys Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Denys Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Denys is more frequently found in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may be found as: Denyś or Dénys. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Denys? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 47,915th most widely held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 675,962 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 85 percent of Denys reside; 57 percent reside in Western Europe and 34 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 8,211th most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 126,504 people.
The surname is most frequent in Belgium, where it is borne by 3,021 people, or 1 in 3,806. In Belgium Denys is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 77 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 17 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 6 percent reside. Barring Belgium Denys is found in 65 countries. It is also common in France, where 28 percent reside and Ukraine, where 22 percent reside.
Denys Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Denys has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Denys surname increased 5,889 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Denys Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Denys last name are 5.55% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 58.78% being registered with the political party.
The amount Denys earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 3.7% less than the national average, earning R 228,852 per year; in Colombia they earn 38.39% less than the national average, earning $13,987,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 19.52% more than the national average, earning $51,572 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.62% less than the national average, earning $44,409 CAD 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
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