How common is the surname Dalley?

1,444 people in the United States had the surname Dalley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 213,813 Americans. It ranked 18,910th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Dalley getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,269 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,444 in 2010, down 36%.

The surname Dalley

A surname, carried by 1,444 people in the United States.

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). Dalley is more common than 88.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,444 people named Dalley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 213,813 Americans. That is down 36% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,269.

#18,910

rank among US surnames

1,444

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-36.4%

change since 2000 (was #12,524)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,910	Haver	1,444	213,813
#18,918	Asare	1,443	213,961

Who is named Dalley

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

80% of people named Dalley identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Two or more races 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dalley

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

Questions

How common is the surname Dalley?: 1,444 people in the United States had the surname Dalley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 213,813 Americans. It ranked 18,910th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dalley?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Dalley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Dalley getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,269 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,444 in 2010, down 36%.