Denny Family History
Denny Name Meaning
Scottish and English: from a pet form of Dennis.English: habitational name from a place in Cambridgeshire, most
probably named with Old English Dene ‘Dane’ + eg
‘island’.Scottish: habitational name from Denny in Stirlingshire.Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duibhne (see
Deeney).Irish (Cork): less frequently, a reduced
Anglicization of Gaelic Ó Duineachdha (see Dennehy).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Denny Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Denny families
 106 - 210  36 - 105 |
 1 - 35  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Denny families
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346 - 689 116 - 345 |
1 - 115 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Denny families
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57 - 112 20 - 56 |
1 - 19 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Denny Family Origin
Denny Immigration Information
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Denny Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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