How common is the surname Denk?

1,500 people in the United States had the surname Denk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,830 Americans. It ranked 18,448th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Denk?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Denk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Denk getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,525 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,500 in 2010, down 1.6%.

The surname Denk

A surname, carried by 1,500 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Denk is more common than 88.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,500 people named Denk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 205,830 Americans. That is down 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,525.

#18,448

rank among US surnames

1,500

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-1.6%

change since 2000 (was #17,153)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,440	Montz	1,501	205,693
#18,448	Ristau	1,500	205,830
#18,457	Weakland	1,499	205,968

Who is named Denk

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

96% of people named Denk identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Denk

Denk has the Soundex code D520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D520.

Questions

How common is the surname Denk?: 1,500 people in the United States had the surname Denk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,830 Americans. It ranked 18,448th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Denk?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Denk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Denk getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,525 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,500 in 2010, down 1.6%.