Last Name DEARDEN

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Meaning Local: Of Dearden or Duerden, or Durden. The precise spot seems to be Dearden, near Edenfield, Bury, county Lancashire. The surname clung for a long time to the immediate district.
Local: A corruption of 'Du-er-den,' as still pronounced by the natives of Lancashire, England, where branches of the family reside, and which signifies, "A thicket of wood in a valley." "Doir-den."
Origin English, Irish, Belgian

Rank 20,693 (2000 US census) 33,964 (1990 US census)
Count 1,188 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.88%, or 1139 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • 0.59%, or 7 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.94%, or 23 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.01%, or 12 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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