How common is the surname Dennington?

543 people in the United States had the surname Dennington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 568,592 Americans. It ranked 40,313th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dennington?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Dennington identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Is the surname Dennington getting more or less common?

Less common. 610 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 543 in 2010, down 11%.

The surname Dennington

An English place surname, carried by 543 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D552

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dennington is more common than 75.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

From the Old English personal name *Denegifu, which is composed of the elements Dene (“Dane”) + gifu (“gift”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Dennington 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 543 people named Dennington in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 568,592 Americans. That is down 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 610.

#40,313

rank among US surnames

543

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-11%

change since 2000 (was #35,003)

Who is named Dennington

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

91% of people named Dennington identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 2.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Denington

Surnames that sound like Dennington

Dennington has the Soundex code D552, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D552.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dennington come from?: From the Old English personal name *Denegifu, which is composed of the elements Dene (“Dane”) + gifu (“gift”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
How common is the surname Dennington?: 543 people in the United States had the surname Dennington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 568,592 Americans. It ranked 40,313th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dennington?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Dennington identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
What type of surname is Dennington?: Dennington is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Dennington getting more or less common?: Less common. 610 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 543 in 2010, down 11%.
What are other spellings of Dennington?: Denington.