How common is the surname Denmark?

3,281 people in the United States had the surname Denmark in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,101 Americans. It ranked 9,859th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Denmark?

Leila Denmark, American pediatrician (1898–2012), followed by Annie Dove Denmark.

Where is the surname Denmark most common?

Wikidata records people named Denmark in the United States.

How do you pronounce Denmark?

Denmark is /ˈdɛn.mɑɹk/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Denmark getting more or less common?

More common. 3,077 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,281 in 2010, up 6.6%.

The surname Denmark

A surname, carried by 3,281 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdɛn.mɑɹk/ 2 syllables Soundex D562

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Denmark is more common than 93.9% of them.

Origin

From Middle English Denemarke, Denmarke, from Old English Denemearc, from Dene (“Dane”) + mearc (“march”), a calque of Old Norse Danmǫrk.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,281 people named Denmark in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 94,101 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,077.

#9,859

rank among US surnames

3,281

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+6.6%

change since 2000 (was #9,684)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,850	Bittle	3,284	94,015
#9,853	Morello	3,283	94,044
#9,854	Velazco	3,282	94,072
#9,859	O'Boyle	3,281	94,101
#9,861	Decosta	3,280	94,130
#9,865	Reneau	3,279	94,158

Who is named Denmark

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

61% of people named Denmark identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 61%
Black (not Hispanic) 34%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Denmarks

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Leila Denmark
American pediatrician (1898–2012)
Annie Dove Denmark
American educator, 1887–1974

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Denmark

Denmark has the Soundex code D562, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D562.

Questions

Where does the surname Denmark come from?: From Middle English Denemarke, Denmarke, from Old English Denemearc, from Dene (“Dane”) + mearc (“march”), a calque of Old Norse Danmǫrk.
How common is the surname Denmark?: 3,281 people in the United States had the surname Denmark in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,101 Americans. It ranked 9,859th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Denmark?: In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Denmark identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Denmark?: Leila Denmark, American pediatrician (1898–2012), followed by Annie Dove Denmark.
Where is the surname Denmark most common?: Wikidata records people named Denmark in the United States.
How do you pronounce Denmark?: Denmark is /ˈdɛn.mɑɹk/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Denmark getting more or less common?: More common. 3,077 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,281 in 2010, up 6.6%.