Durden is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Durden
No. of characters: 6
Origin: England
Meaning:

1. See Dearden - Evidently local, perhaps from a place so called near Edenfield in Bury, county of Lancaster. "The ancient and modern pronunciation of the name by the natives of Lancashire is Du-er-den," which Cowell, with fanciful ingenuity, interprets "a thicket of wood in a valley." The Deardens of Rochdale Manor claim descent from Elias de Duerden, temp. Henry VI., but so early as the thirteenth century the name of Durden, Durdent, or Duredent is variously applied to a certain knight who may have been a progenitor of the family

2. An Anglo-Norman sobriquet–Duredent, "hard tooth".

The surname is variant of Dearden. Evidently local, perhaps from a place so called near Edenfield in Bury, county of Lancaster. "The ancient and modern pronunciation of the name by the natives of Lancashire is Du-er-den," which Cowell, with fanciful ingenuity, interprets "a thicket of wood in a valley." The Deardens of Rochdale Manor claim descent from Elias de Duerden, temp. Henry VI., but so early as the thirteenth century the name of Durden, Durdent, or Duredent is variously applied to a certain knight who may have been a progenitor of the family.

How popular is Durden?

Durden is common in United States, England.

Durden is ranked 47780 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Durdens grew by 9.67 per cent to 7007 since 2000 and ranked 5014 after elevating 25 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 59.47 61.53
Black 35.59 34.89
Others 2.1 1.67
Hispanic or Latino 1.96 1.21
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.61 0.39
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.27 0.31
Durden is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however United States Virgin Islands lie ahead in terms of density. Around 10821 person has been found who wears Durden as their family name. Durden is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Durden:
4,473 United States10,085
Countries with hundreds of Durden:
13,759 England393
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
28,102 Australia82
44,923 Canada69
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
5,745 Northern Ireland21
16,471 Scotland14
112,031 Poland14
73,030 Netherlands13
137,638 South Africa12
50,646 Israel11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
375,391 Brazil9
321,660 France8
305,602 Germany7
41,661 New Zealand6

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Pat Durden worked as workman while Joseph Durden was Workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 20 years old Joseph embarked for USA from Liverpool on Cornelia and arrived on April 10, 1847.

From Germany

17 years old servant Sus. Durden who was residing in Germany migrated to New York on December 27, 1884 by Noordland put out from Antwerp.

Durden Namesakes

  • Benji Durden, Boulder, Colorado based coach of elite runners
  • Reggie Durden, former gridiron football defensive back
  • William Durden, former president of Dickinson College
  • Forgive Durden, indie rock band from Seattle, Washington
  • Nino Durden, former American police officer in the elite Los Angeles Police Department Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums unit implicated

Durden Namesakes

  • Benji Durden, Boulder, Colorado based coach of elite runners
  • Reggie Durden, former gridiron football defensive back
  • William Durden, former president of Dickinson College
  • Forgive Durden, indie rock band from Seattle, Washington
  • Nino Durden, former American police officer in the elite Los Angeles Police Department Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums unit implicated

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