How common is the surname Dail?

3,659 people in the United States had the surname Dail in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,380 Americans. It ranked 8,946th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Dail getting more or less common?

More common. 3,386 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,659 in 2010, up 8.1%.

The surname Dail

A surname, carried by 3,659 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dail is more common than 94.5% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,659 people named Dail in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,380 Americans. That is up 8.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,386.

#8,946

rank among US surnames

3,659

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+8.1%

change since 2000 (was #8,891)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,939	Cram	3,662	84,311
#8,941	Zhen	3,661	84,334
#8,944	Koger	3,660	84,357
#8,946	Blackstone	3,659	84,380
#8,950	Clyde	3,658	84,403
#8,951	Starcher	3,657	84,426

Who is named Dail

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

86% of people named Dail identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dail

Dail has the Soundex code D400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D400.

Questions

How common is the surname Dail?: 3,659 people in the United States had the surname Dail in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,380 Americans. It ranked 8,946th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dail?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Dail identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Dail getting more or less common?: More common. 3,386 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,659 in 2010, up 8.1%.