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    The surname Denson

    A surname, carried by 12,419 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D525

    Denson: #2,893 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Denson #2,893, 12,419 people Denson: #2,893 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Denson #2,893, 12,419 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Denson is more common than 98.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,419 people named Denson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,861 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,725.

    #2,893
    rank among US surnames
    12,419
    people in 2010
    4.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.9%
    change since 2000 (was #2,808)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,885Berrios12,45124,797
    #2,886Zelaya12,44824,803
    #2,887Jaeger12,43624,827
    #2,888Smalls12,43524,829
    #2,889Clevenger12,42824,843
    #2,891Bollinger12,42524,849
    #2,892Armendariz12,42324,853

    Who is named Denson

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

    48% of people named Denson identified as Black (not Hispanic), 46% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 48%
    • White (not Hispanic) 46%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Denson

    Denson has the Soundex code D525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D525.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Denson?
    12,419 people in the United States had the surname Denson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,861 Americans. It ranked 2,893rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Denson?
    In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Denson identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 46% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Denson getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,725 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,419 in 2010, up 5.9%.