How common is the last name Dennis?

74,379 people in the United States have the last name Dennis, about 1 in 4,019. It ranks #438 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

DENNIS

#438

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
74,379
About
1 in 4,019
This common or more
30.5%
Who bears it

Of the 74,379 people with the last name Dennis, 62.3% reported their origin as White, 27.9% as Black and 4.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Dennis

#436 Moss · 74,470#437 Ahmed · 74,458#439 Swanson · 74,015#440 Chandler · 73,879

Spelled almost the same

6 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dennis, most common first.

#5,514 Denis · 6,087#74,891 Dennig · 278#100,867 Denais · 191#108,965 Dennies · 173#147,221 Dennes · 113#155,270 Denniss · 101

Also a first name

As a first name, Dennis ranks #104 of 53,615, with 448,312 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1952, with 24,605 births. See Dennis as a first name

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