# Denny (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/denny/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname of Scottish origin.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 17,503 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,062 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,640 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.8% (17,366 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Denny in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 4.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Denny in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

## People named Denny

- Matthew Denny, Australian athletics competitor
- Reginald Denny, British actor, aviator and businessman (1891–1967)
- Martin Denny, American pianist and composer best known for originating the Exotica genre of music (1911–
- William Denny, Australian politician

## Similar surnames

Dean, Denney, Deen, Dehn, Dennehy, Dennie, Denn, Deno, Dena, Doheny, Dunn, Donahue.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.