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    The surname Dena

    A surname, carried by 1,139 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D500

    Dena: #22,559 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dena #22,559, 1,139 people Dena: #22,559 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dena #22,559, 1,139 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dena is more common than 86.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,139 people named Dena in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 271,067 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,124.

    #22,559
    rank among US surnames
    1,139
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #21,620)

    Who is named Dena

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    80% of people named Dena identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 12% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 80%
    • White (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Two or more races 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dena

    Dena has the Soundex code D500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Dena?
    1,139 people in the United States had the surname Dena in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 271,067 Americans. It ranked 22,559th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dena?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Dena identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 12% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Dena getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,124 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,139 in 2010, up 1.3%.