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    The surname Daily

    A surname, carried by 11,276 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D400

    Daily: #3,205 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Daily #3,205, 11,276 people Daily: #3,205 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Daily #3,205, 11,276 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Daily is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,276 people named Daily in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,381 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,041.

    #3,205
    rank among US surnames
    11,276
    people in 2010
    3.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.1%
    change since 2000 (was #3,004)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,196Garvey11,30727,306
    #3,197Cardoso11,30427,313
    #3,198Nettles11,30227,318
    #3,200Burdette11,28427,361
    #3,201Villagomez11,28227,366
    #3,202Apodaca11,28027,371
    #3,203Royer11,27927,373

    Who is named Daily

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

    85% of people named Daily identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Dailys

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Elizabeth Daily
      American actress, born 1961
    • Bill Daily
      American actor and writer (1927-2018)
    • Gretchen C. Daily
      American biologist, born 1964

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Daily

    Daily 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 Daily?
    11,276 people in the United States had the surname Daily in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,381 Americans. It ranked 3,205th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Daily?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Daily identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Daily?
    Elizabeth Daily, American actress, followed by Bill Daily.
    Where is the surname Daily most common?
    Wikidata records people named Daily in the United States.
    Is the surname Daily getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,041 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,276 in 2010, up 2.1%.