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The surname Dalal

A surname, carried by 2,096 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D440

Dalal: #14,286 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dalal #14,286, 2,096 people Dalal: #14,286 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dalal #14,286, 2,096 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dalal is more common than 91.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,096 people named Dalal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 147,302 Americans. That is up 47% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,425.

#14,286
rank among US surnames
2,096
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+47.1%
change since 2000 (was #18,045)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,279Wiersma2,097147,232
#14,286Lusby2,096147,302
#14,294Oehler2,095147,373

Who is named Dalal

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

86% of people named Dalal identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 9.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as two or more races.

  • Asian and Pacific Islander 86%
  • White (not Hispanic) 9.5%
  • Two or more races 3.4%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dalal

Dalal has the Soundex code D440, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D440.

Questions

How common is the surname Dalal?
2,096 people in the United States had the surname Dalal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 147,302 Americans. It ranked 14,286th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dalal?
In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Dalal identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 9.5% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Dalal getting more or less common?
More common. 1,425 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,096 in 2010, up 47%.