Devenish Surname

143,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,089 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Jersey

Devenish Surname Definition:

(English) Devonian [from Old English Defenas (genit. pl. Defena), a Celtic tribal name, with the Old English ethnic suff. -isc]

Devenish Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia9181:29,4073,949
England6891:80,8688,974
South Africa6651:81,47010,051
United States2991:1,212,23786,130
Canada1911:192,90918,967
Trinidad and Tobago1371:9,9561,377
Scotland331:162,2379,329
Colombia301:1,592,46911,125
Venezuela201:1,510,20420,059
Jersey171:5,8351,193
New Zealand141:323,45226,435
Grenada111:9,867804
Northern Ireland101:184,5049,341
Wales81:386,81619,671
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Saint Lucia51:35,7561,958
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
France11:66,422,722504,397
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland421:105,4736,604
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3861:63,1497,319
Jersey81:6,4851,119
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States421:1,195,68367,545

Devenish (24) may also be a first name.

Devenish Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Devonian [from Old English Defenas (genit. pl. Defena), a Celtic tribal name, with the Old English ethnic suff. -isc]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

I.e. of Devonshire MIF 281*

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

The family first appear as gentry in co. Susaex about the year 1399. The name, clearly indicative of a Devonshire origin, is cognate with Kentish, Cornish, &c. The Irish branch, who transferred themselves to the sister island in the reign of Henry VIII., have a tradition that it is corrupted from a Saxon root signifying "deep waters," and that their original patronymic was Sutton; but there is no evidence of the truth of either statement. Le Deveneys, Deveneys, and Devenist are found in H.R., and there is an Isabella la Deveneis.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Local. Signifies deep water. This surname was given to an ancestor of the family who was early settled at the confluence of the rivers Isis and Thames, near Oxford, England. Dwfn, Welsh, deep; uisge, Gaelic, water.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Devenish is an old Dorset name, though not now sufficiently frequent to be placed in my list. A gentle family of Devenish resided at Gillingham in the 17th century (H.). Devenish was the name of a Weymouth chief magistrate in 1828 (E.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Devenish Last Name Facts

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

The last name Devenish is found most in Australia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Devenish? popularity and diffusion

It is the 143,929th most commonly held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 2,359,193 people. Devenish is mostly found in Oceania, where 30 percent of Devenish reside; 30 percent reside in Australasia and 30 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand. Devenish is also the 2,187,323rd most numerous given name worldwide, held by 24 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Australia, where it is carried by 918 people, or 1 in 29,407. In Australia it is primarily concentrated in: New South Wales, where 35 percent reside, Western Australia, where 29 percent reside and Queensland, where 18 percent reside. Beside Australia it is found in 35 countries. It also occurs in England, where 22 percent reside and South Africa, where 22 percent reside.

Devenish Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Devenish has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Devenish last name rose 178 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 712 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 1,100 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 95 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Devenish Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Devenish last name is primarily Anglican (74%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Devenish last name are 21.8% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 68.57% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Devenish earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 53.91% more than the national average, earning R 365,748 per year; in Colombia they earn 26.74% more than the national average, earning $28,772,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 25.23% more than the national average, earning $54,034 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.92% more than the national average, earning $58,587 CAD per year.

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