Last Name DENNISON

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Meaning The son of Dennis. Both Denis and Denise, masculine and feminie forms, were in common use. Crossing over from France, this font-name was for a while exceedingly popular, especially in Yorkshire and the North, and has left its mark in such familiar surnames as Dyson, Denny, Dennett, Dyatt, Dyett, and Dye, apart from this one. The fiminine Dennise lingered on in South-West England till the close of 18th century. Another possible source of the name is local, 'de Deneys,' i.e. the Danish.
Origin English, Irish, Belgian

Rank 2,348 (2000 US census) 1,768 (1990 US census)
Count 14,132 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 84.92%, or 12001 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 7.47%, or 1056 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.59%, or 83 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 3.59%, or 507 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.78%, or 252 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.66%, or 235 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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