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    The surname Dacey

    An Irish surname, carried by 1,297 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D200

    Dacey: #20,468 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dacey #20,468, 1,297 people Dacey: #20,468 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dacey #20,468, 1,297 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dacey is more common than 87.4% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Anglicized form of Irish Déiseach, a name for a member of a vassal community called Déise, a word of uncertain meaning and origin.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,297 people named Dacey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 238,046 Americans. That is down 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,482.

    #20,468
    rank among US surnames
    1,297
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -12.5%
    change since 2000 (was #17,521)

    Who is named Dacey

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    97% of people named Dacey identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • Two or more races 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Dacey

    Dacey has the Soundex code D200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D200.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Dacey come from?
    Anglicized form of Irish Déiseach, a name for a member of a vassal community called Déise, a word of uncertain meaning and origin.
    How common is the surname Dacey?
    1,297 people in the United States had the surname Dacey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 238,046 Americans. It ranked 20,468th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dacey?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Dacey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Dacey getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,482 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,297 in 2010, down 13%.
    What are other spellings of Dacey?
    Daisey, Daisy and Deasy.