How common is the surname Dalby?

1,711 people in the United States had the surname Dalby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 180,447 Americans. It ranked 16,720th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dalby?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Dalby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Dalby?

Andrew Dalby, British academic, followed by Liza Dalby.

Where is the surname Dalby most common?

Wikidata records people named Dalby in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Is the surname Dalby getting more or less common?

More common. 1,608 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,711 in 2010, up 6.4%.

The surname Dalby

A surname, carried by 1,711 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D410

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dalby is more common than 89.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,711 people named Dalby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 180,447 Americans. That is up 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,608.

#16,720

rank among US surnames

1,711

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+6.4%

change since 2000 (was #16,463)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,716	Rasor	1,712	180,342
#16,720	Deeb	1,711	180,447
#16,728	Rivenbark	1,710	180,553

Who is named Dalby

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

92% of people named Dalby identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dalbys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Andrew Dalby
British academic, born 1947
Liza Dalby
American writer and anthropologist, born 1950

Notable Dalbys come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dalby

Dalby has the Soundex code D410, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D410.

Questions

How common is the surname Dalby?: 1,711 people in the United States had the surname Dalby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 180,447 Americans. It ranked 16,720th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dalby?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Dalby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Dalby?: Andrew Dalby, British academic, followed by Liza Dalby.
Where is the surname Dalby most common?: Wikidata records people named Dalby in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Is the surname Dalby getting more or less common?: More common. 1,608 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,711 in 2010, up 6.4%.