# Dendy (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dendy/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,523 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,323 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 122,372 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.1% (2,401 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dendy in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 60% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 35% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dendy in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Dendy

- Marquis Dendy, American long jumper and triple jumper
- Arthur Dendy, Australian-British zoologist and botanist (1865-1925)

## Similar surnames

Dent, Deanda, Dandy, Donato, Damato, Dinwiddie, Demuth, Dennett, DeMott, DiMatteo, Donati, Dant.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.