How common is the surname Denslow?

832 people in the United States had the surname Denslow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 371,088 Americans. It ranked 28,650th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Denslow?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Denslow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Denslow?

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

Where is the surname Denslow most common?

Wikidata records people named Denslow in the United States.

Is the surname Denslow getting more or less common?

More common. 772 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 832 in 2010, up 7.8%.

The surname Denslow

An English place surname, carried by 832 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D524

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Denslow is more common than 82.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Denslow 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 832 people named Denslow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 371,088 Americans. That is up 7.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 772.

#28,650

rank among US surnames

832

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+7.8%

change since 2000 (was #28,974)

Who is named Denslow

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

94% of people named Denslow identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
Two or more races 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Denslows

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Denslow

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Denslow come from?: Probably a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in Devon, from Old English dene (“valley”) + slōh (“slough, marsh”).
How common is the surname Denslow?: 832 people in the United States had the surname Denslow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 371,088 Americans. It ranked 28,650th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Denslow?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Denslow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Denslow?: William Wallace Denslow, American illustrator and caricaturist (1856–1915).
Where is the surname Denslow most common?: Wikidata records people named Denslow in the United States.
What type of surname is Denslow?: Denslow is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Denslow getting more or less common?: More common. 772 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 832 in 2010, up 7.8%.