# Denslow (surname)

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

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 832 |
| US rank (2010) | 28,650 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 371,088 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.8% (772 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Probably a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in Devon, from Old English dene (“valley”) + slōh (“slough, marsh”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Denslow 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Denslow in the United States.

## People named Denslow

- William Wallace Denslow, American illustrator and caricaturist (1856–1915)

## Similar surnames

Densley, DeAngelo, D'Angelo, DeAngelis, Dingle, Dunkle, Dunkley, Dinkel, Dengler, Dunkel, Dingler, DeNicola.

## 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.