Dennehy is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Dennehy
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Ireland
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Dennehy

How popular is Dennehy?

Dennehy is common in Ireland.

Dennehy is ranked 65285 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Dennehy bearers increased by 2.299528 per cent in 2010 US census to 1735 since 2000, the surname slipped by 764 spots and ranked at 16544. The last name was found in around 6 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.27 96.46
Hispanic or Latino 2.77 1.83
Others 0.81 0.88
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.63 0.29
Dennehy is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 6972 people have been found who wears Dennehy as their family name. Dennehy is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
114,007 Czech Republic4
184,212 France3
883 Macau2
2,794 El Salvador2
9,185 Hong Kong2
5,318 Iraq2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
50,640 Switzerland2
47,891 Norway1
24,176 Qatar1
165,773 Belarus1
49,101 Denmark1
14,373 Jordan1
36,678 Singapore1
7,895 South Korea1
153,416 Italy1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
69,202 Netherlands18
94,038 Spain11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,848 Scotland92
13,832 United Arab Emirates69
Countries with hundreds of Dennehy:
7,260 England946
38,477 Germany269
10,468 Australia266
25,955 South Africa219
19,108 Canada188
4,358 New Zealand175
2,864 Wales135
36,751 Argentina134
Countries with thousands of Dennehy:
13,639 United States2,518
402 Ireland1,905
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Dennehy Namesakes

  • Miah Dennehy, Soccer player
  • Billy Dennehy, Soccer player
  • Brian Dennehy, Actor
  • Cormack Dennehy, Brian Dennehy's son
  • Cormack Dennehy, Brian Dennehy's son
  • Elizabeth Dennehy, Television actress
  • Deirdre Dennehy, Brian Dennehy's daughter
  • Brian Dennehy, Actor
  • Brian Dennehy, Actor
  • Brian Dennehy, Actor

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