How Many People Have the Last Name Dennis?
people had the surname Dennis in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 3,758 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+3,698 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Dennis (65.6%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 27.8%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Dennis ranks #296. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 68.5% to 65.6%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Dennis grew from 74,784 people in 2000 to 78,482 in 2010 (up 4.9%), and its rank fell from #384 to #409. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 27.72 to 26.61 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 74,784 | 78,482 |
| Rank | #384 | #409 |
| Per 100,000 people | 27.72 | 26.61 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Dennis
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Dennis: D520
👤 Dennis as a First Name
Dennis is a first name too: about 407,542 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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