How common is the surname Daisy?

615 people in the United States had the surname Daisy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 502,025 Americans. It ranked 36,379th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Daisy?

Daisy is /ˈdeɪzi/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Daisy getting more or less common?

Less common. 629 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 615 in 2010, down 2.2%.

Is Daisy also a first name?

Yes. Daisy is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Daisy

A nickname surname, carried by 615 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdeɪzi/ 2 syllables Soundex D200 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Daisy is more common than 77.6% of them.

Origin

From the flower daisy, one of the flower names dating from the 19th century. Also a nickname for Margaret, since Marguerite and Margarita are identical with the French and Spanish word for "daisy".

Daisy is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 615 people named Daisy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 502,025 Americans. That is down 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 629.

#36,379

rank among US surnames

615

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-2.2%

change since 2000 (was #34,114)

Who is named Daisy

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

72% of people named Daisy identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 7.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 72%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
Two or more races 1.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Daisy

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

Questions

Where does the surname Daisy come from?: From the flower daisy, one of the flower names dating from the 19th century. Also a nickname for Margaret, since Marguerite and Margarita are identical with the French and Spanish word for "daisy".
How common is the surname Daisy?: 615 people in the United States had the surname Daisy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 502,025 Americans. It ranked 36,379th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Daisy?: In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Daisy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Daisy?: Daisy is /ˈdeɪzi/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Daisy?: Daisy is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Daisy getting more or less common?: Less common. 629 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 615 in 2010, down 2.2%.
Is Daisy also a first name?: Yes. Daisy is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.