Dene Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 6
Dorset 1
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 5
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 2
Surrey 0
Sussex 4
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Dene Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dene family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 2
Female Servant 2
Shoe Maker 1
Pensioner 1
Cooper 1
Solicitor 1
Agricultural Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Dene

Name Census Frequency
John Dene 17
Mary Dene 14
Reginald Dene 11
Charles Dene 8
Jane Dene 8
William Dene 8
Elizabeth Dene 6
Ernest Dene 6
Frances Dene 6
George Dene 6
Arthur Dene 5
Ellen Dene 5
Sarah Dene 5
Caroline Dene 4
Dorothy Dene 4
Eliza Dene 4
Henry Dene 4
Ann Dene 3
Annie Dene 3
Arundel Dene 3
Edith Dene 3
Florence Dene 3
Francis Dene 3
Frederick Dene 3
Hannah Dene 3

Dene Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Dean 50% 150,417
2 Eden 50% 22,909
3 Deane 80% 16,371
4 Done 75% 8,754
5 Dane 75% 6,515
6 Denne 80% 3,224
7 Dain 25% 3,138
8 Uden 50% 2,115
9 Dun 50% 2,067
10 Dan 50% 1,806
11 Don 50% 1,705
12 Eadon 20% 1,589
13 Dine 75% 1,485
14 Deen 50% 1,115
15 Eaden 40% 897
16 Daine 60% 785
17 Dian 25% 753
18 Dinn 50% 630
19 Edon 25% 594
20 Aden 50% 440
21 Iden 50% 407
22 Dune 75% 392
23 Edin 25% 380
24 Audin 20% 361
25 Daun 25% 321
26 Auden 40% 311
27 Den 75% 305
28 Euden 40% 279
29 Dene 100% 276
30 Dion 25% 253
31 Adin 25% 246
32 Dono 50% 226
33 Doane 60% 203
34 Oden 50% 198
35 Duin 25% 184
36 Doan 25% 180
37 Deon 50% 165
38 Edan 25% 160
39 Duane 60% 158
40 Adeane 67% 122
41 Doon 25% 122
42 Danie 60% 117
43 Din 50% 111
44 Dana 50% 107
45 Deene 80% 106
46 Duan 25% 105

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The surname Dene is the 29th most popular variant of Dean.

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