Frequency: (123)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
English: ethnic name for someone from Denmark, from Middle English den(s)ch ‘Danish’ (Old English denisc). There were many Danes in England in the Middle Ages, not only the long-established settlers in the Danelaw region, but also more recent immigrants.
GIVEN NAMES: German 4%. Erwin, Herta.
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