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).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 828,463 Historical Documents with Denny on Ancestry
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- 15,845 Immigration Records
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Number of Denny families
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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57 - 112 20 - 56 |
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Denny census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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