Last Name DENTON

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Meaning Local: Of Denton. The Yorkshire Dentons (a large colony) hail from Denton, a township in the parish of Otley. Other Dentons spring from parishes so named in the dioceses of Canterbury, Ely, Durham, Chichester, Lincoln, Manchester, Norwich, Peterborough, and Carlisle. Of course it means the 'town in the dean or forest.'
Local: A town in the county of Buckingham, England. From 'den,' a valley, and 'ton,' a town.
Origin English, Anglo-Saxon, Jewish, French, German, Native American, Chilean, Irish, South african

Rank 1,187 (2000 US census) 1,215 (1990 US census)
Count 27,112 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 87.79%, or 23802 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 7.96%, or 2158 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.39%, or 106 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.67%, or 182 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.31%, or 355 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.87%, or 507 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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