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    The surname Densley

    A place surname, carried by 532 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D524

    Densley: #40,976 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Densley #40,976, 532 people Densley: #40,976 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Densley #40,976, 532 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Densley is more common than 74.7% of them.

    Origin

    Apparently a habitational surname from one or more unidentified places in southwestern England.

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 532 people named Densley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 580,349 Americans. That is down 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 571.

    #40,976
    rank among US surnames
    532
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -6.8%
    change since 2000 (was #36,860)

    Who is named Densley

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

    81% of people named Densley identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Densley

    Densley has the Soundex code D524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D524.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Densley come from?
    Apparently a habitational surname from one or more unidentified places in southwestern England.
    How common is the surname Densley?
    532 people in the United States had the surname Densley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 580,349 Americans. It ranked 40,976th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Densley?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Densley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Densley?
    Densley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Densley getting more or less common?
    Less common. 571 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 532 in 2010, down 6.8%.