How common is the surname Dalia?

649 people in the United States had the surname Dalia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 475,725 Americans. It ranked 34,801st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dalia?

In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Dalia identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Dalia getting more or less common?

More common. 518 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 649 in 2010, up 25%.

Is Dalia also a first name?

Yes. Dalia 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 Dalia

An Italian surname, carried by 649 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D400 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). Dalia is more common than 78.6% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Several etymologies: * Borrowed from Italian Dalia * Borrowed from Arabic دَالِيَة (dāliya), a surname mainly found in Egypt * Borrowed from Bengali ডালিয়া (ḍaliẏa)

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 649 people named Dalia in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 475,725 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 518.

#34,801

rank among US surnames

649

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+25.3%

change since 2000 (was #39,885)

Who is named Dalia

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

75% of people named Dalia identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 6.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 75%
Asian and Pacific Islander 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.9%
Two or more races 4.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dalia

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

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dalia come from?: Several etymologies: * Borrowed from Italian Dalia * Borrowed from Arabic دَالِيَة (dāliya), a surname mainly found in Egypt * Borrowed from Bengali ডালিয়া (ḍaliẏa)
How common is the surname Dalia?: 649 people in the United States had the surname Dalia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 475,725 Americans. It ranked 34,801st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dalia?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Dalia identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Dalia getting more or less common?: More common. 518 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 649 in 2010, up 25%.
Is Dalia also a first name?: Yes. Dalia 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.