Last Name DENNISS

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Meaning The son of Dennis. Both Denis and Denise, masculine and feminie forms, were in common use. Crossing over from France, this font-name was for a while exceedingly popular, especially in Yorkshire and the North, and has left its mark in such familiar surnames as Dyson, Denny, Dennett, Dyatt, Dyett, and Dye, apart from this one. The fiminine Dennise lingered on in South-West England till the close of 18th century. Another possible source of the name is local, 'de Deneys,' i.e. the Danish.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 128,797 (2000 US census)
Count 122 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 88.52%, or 108 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 8.2%, or 10 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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