How common is the surname Denton?

27,742 people in the United States had the surname Denton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,129 Americans. It ranked 1,268th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Denton?

James Denton, American actor, followed by Jeremiah Denton.

Where is the surname Denton most common?

Wikidata records people named Denton in the United States and Australia.

How do you pronounce Denton?

Denton is /ˈdɛn.tən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Denton getting more or less common?

More common. 27,112 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 27,742 in 2010, up 2.3%.

Is Denton also a first name?

Yes. Denton is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Denton

An English place surname, carried by 27,742 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdɛn.tən/ 2 syllables Soundex D535 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Denton is more common than 99.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English denu (“valley, den”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Denton 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 27,742 people named Denton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,129 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 27,112.

#1,268

rank among US surnames

27,742

people in 2010

9.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #1,187)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,259	Kendrick	27,915	11,060
#1,260	Ferreira	27,898	11,067
#1,261	Lockhart	27,883	11,073
#1,262	Boggs	27,880	11,074
#1,263	Pryor	27,805	11,104
#1,264	Doherty	27,787	11,111
#1,265	Sargent	27,786	11,112

Who is named Denton

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

86% of people named Denton identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dentons

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

James Denton
American actor, born 1963
Jeremiah Denton
American Vietnam War POW and politician (1924-2014)
Steve Denton
American tennis player, born 1956
Bill Denton
American artistic gymnast (1911–1946)
Peter Denton
Australian pole vaulter (1926–2000)
Crahan Denton
American actor (1914-1966)
Bradley Denton
American science fiction author, born 1958
Will Denton
American actor, born 1990
Michael Denton
British-Australian author and biochemist, born 1943

Notable Dentons come mostly from the United States (7) and Australia (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Denton

Denton has the Soundex code D535, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D535.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Denton come from?: From Old English denu (“valley, den”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
How common is the surname Denton?: 27,742 people in the United States had the surname Denton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,129 Americans. It ranked 1,268th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Denton?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Denton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Denton?: James Denton, American actor, followed by Jeremiah Denton.
Where is the surname Denton most common?: Wikidata records people named Denton in the United States and Australia.
How do you pronounce Denton?: Denton is /ˈdɛn.tən/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Denton?: Denton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Denton getting more or less common?: More common. 27,112 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 27,742 in 2010, up 2.3%.
Is Denton also a first name?: Yes. Denton is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.