The Denney surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,792 people carried this name — #2,821 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 12,333 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Denney surname

A Scottish surname originating as a patronymic, a variant of Denny.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Denney» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Denney in American newspapers,
1904–1922.

Newspaper page from Omaha Daily Bee carrying the name Denney
Omaha Daily Bee 1904-11-20
Newspaper page from Omaha Daily Bee carrying the name Denney
Omaha Daily Bee 1904-11-13
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Denney
Evening Star 1922-06-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 34,768 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Denney in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1990s.

3,611 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Denney. The most, 742, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Tasmania, at 5.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Tasmania 1,218
New South Wales 918
Western Australia 681
Queensland 325
Victoria 320
South Australia 127
ACT (Canberra) 18

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Denney.

Who carried it

People named Denney,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William D. Denney
    William D. Denney 1873–1953 · politician
  • Charles Eugene Denney
    Charles Eugene Denney 1879–1965 · railway executive
  • Clark Denney
    Clark Denney 1908–1985 · lawyer
  • Robert Vernon Denney
    Robert Vernon Denney 1916–1981 · judge
  • James Denney 1856–1917 · writer
  • Thomas F. Denney 1874–1913 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Denney,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States810 records

810 records of the Denney name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 431
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 177
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 68
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 59
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 27
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 20
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 18
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • New York State police and firefighter memorial rolls 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Norman W. Denney

    Born 1930; from Alameda County, California. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in North Korea. Buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Stanley A. Denney

    Born 1917 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana; driver. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1957, buried at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Kentucky.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Margaret Denney

    Arrived at New York in 1852 aboard the George Washington from Liverpool, aged 20; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 810 records for Denney in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia231 records

231 records of the Denney name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 105
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 51
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 31
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 24
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 17
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  • Canberra cemetery and marriage records 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Mercy Denney

    Died 1929 in Netherly, King Island, Tasmania. Will registered in Tasmania in 1929.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Thomas Angwin Denney

    Born 1861 in Port Sorell, Tasmania. Married 1898 in Mersey, Tasmania, aged 37.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Samuel Denney

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 aboard the Dalhousie, aged 5; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 231 records for Denney in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada52 records

52 records of the Denney name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 39
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 5
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 5
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 3
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Stanley Denney

    Buried in 1973 at Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 61.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Andrew Reginald Denney

    Died 1967 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Alfred Denney

    Died 1980; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.

Showing 3 of 52 records for Denney in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom8 records

8 records of the Denney name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record C. A. Denney

    Tank Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record F. Denney

    Hampshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record B. Denney

    Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Denney in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Netherlands5 records

5 records of the Denney name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 3
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Eric Rabbish Denney

    Died 1962 in 's-Gravenhage, aged 56; "bestuursambtenaar".

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Jessie Edna Denney

    Married in 1937 in Haarlem.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Gambol Denney

    Baptised in 1730 in Rotterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Denney in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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