How common is the surname Denham?

8,156 people in the United States had the surname Denham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,855 Americans. It ranked 4,355th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Denham?

Christopher Denham, American actor, followed by Dixon Denham.

Where is the surname Denham most common?

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

How do you pronounce Denham?

Denham is /ˈdɛnəm/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Denham getting more or less common?

More common. 7,913 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,156 in 2010, up 3.1%.

The surname Denham

An English place surname, carried by 8,156 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdɛnəm/ 2 syllables Soundex D550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Denham is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

"Dweller at the farm in the valley", from Old English dene (“valley”) + hām (“farm”).

Denham is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,156 people named Denham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,855 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,913.

#4,355

rank among US surnames

8,156

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #4,143)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,346	Caudle	8,167	37,804
#4,347	Loftus	8,166	37,809
#4,348	Palermo	8,165	37,813
#4,351	Leclair	8,162	37,827
#4,352	Sammons	8,161	37,832
#4,353	An	8,160	37,836
#4,354	Knowlton	8,157	37,850

Who is named Denham

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

84% of people named Denham identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Denhams

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Christopher Denham
American actor, born 1985
Dixon Denham
British explorer, 1786–1828
Jeff Denham
American politician in California (born 1967)
Maurice Denham
British actor (1909–2002)

Notable Denhams come mostly from the United States (2), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Denham

Denham has the Soundex code D550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D550.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Denham come from?: "Dweller at the farm in the valley", from Old English dene (“valley”) + hām (“farm”).
How common is the surname Denham?: 8,156 people in the United States had the surname Denham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,855 Americans. It ranked 4,355th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Denham?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Denham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Denham?: Christopher Denham, American actor, followed by Dixon Denham.
Where is the surname Denham most common?: Wikidata records people named Denham in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Denham?: Denham is /ˈdɛnəm/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Denham?: Denham is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Denham getting more or less common?: More common. 7,913 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,156 in 2010, up 3.1%.