How common is the surname Daley?

24,901 people in the United States had the surname Daley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,399 Americans. It ranked 1,427th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Daley?

Tom Daley, British diver, followed by John Francis Daley.

Where is the surname Daley most common?

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

How do you pronounce Daley?

Daley is /ˈdeɪli/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Daley getting more or less common?

More common. 23,132 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 24,901 in 2010, up 7.6%.

The surname Daley

An Irish surname, carried by 24,901 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdeɪli/ 2 syllables Soundex D400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Daley is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

From Irish Ó Dálaigh.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 24,901 people named Daley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 12,399 Americans. That is up 7.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 23,132.

#1,427

rank among US surnames

24,901

people in 2010

8.4

per 100,000 Americans

+7.6%

change since 2000 (was #1,408)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,418	Stern	25,074	12,313
#1,419	Givens	25,067	12,317
#1,420	Tipton	25,064	12,318
#1,421	Coffman	24,980	12,360
#1,422	Greenwood	24,971	12,364
#1,423	Curran	24,969	12,365
#1,424	Childress	24,937	12,381

Who is named Daley

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

77% of people named Daley identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Daleys

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tom Daley
British diver, born 1994
John Francis Daley
American actor and director, born 1985
William M. Daley
American lawyer and former banker, born 1948
Richard M. Daley
American politician (born 1942)
Richard J. Daley
American politician and 48th Mayor of Chicago, 1902–1976
Slug
American rapper, born 1972

Notable Daleys come mostly from the United States (5) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Daly

Surnames that sound like Daley

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

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Daley come from?: From Irish Ó Dálaigh.
How common is the surname Daley?: 24,901 people in the United States had the surname Daley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,399 Americans. It ranked 1,427th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Daley?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Daley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Daley?: Tom Daley, British diver, followed by John Francis Daley.
Where is the surname Daley most common?: Wikidata records people named Daley in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Daley?: Daley is /ˈdeɪli/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Daley getting more or less common?: More common. 23,132 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 24,901 in 2010, up 7.6%.
What are other spellings of Daley?: Daly.