How common is the surname Dendy?

2,523 people in the United States had the surname Dendy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,372 Americans. It ranked 12,323rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dendy?

Marquis Dendy, American long jumper and triple jumper, followed by Arthur Dendy.

Where is the surname Dendy most common?

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

Is the surname Dendy getting more or less common?

More common. 2,401 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,523 in 2010, up 5.1%.

The surname Dendy

A surname, carried by 2,523 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dendy is more common than 92.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,523 people named Dendy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,372 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,401.

#12,323

rank among US surnames

2,523

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #11,937)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,320	Galasso	2,524	122,324
#12,323	Dendy	2,523	122,372
#12,328	Reason	2,522	122,421

Who is named Dendy

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

60% of people named Dendy identified as white (not Hispanic), 35% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dendys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Marquis Dendy
American long jumper and triple jumper, born 1992
Arthur Dendy
Australian-British zoologist and botanist (1865-1925)

Notable Dendys come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dendy

Dendy has the Soundex code D530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D530.

Questions

How common is the surname Dendy?: 2,523 people in the United States had the surname Dendy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,372 Americans. It ranked 12,323rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dendy?: In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Dendy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 35% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dendy?: Marquis Dendy, American long jumper and triple jumper, followed by Arthur Dendy.
Where is the surname Dendy most common?: Wikidata records people named Dendy in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Dendy getting more or less common?: More common. 2,401 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,523 in 2010, up 5.1%.