How common is the surname Dally?

1,225 people in the United States had the surname Dally in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 252,037 Americans. It ranked 21,371st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dally?

In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Dally identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Dally?

William Dally, American rower (1908-1996).

Where is the surname Dally most common?

Wikidata records people named Dally in the United States.

How do you pronounce Dally?

Dally is /ˈdæli/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Dally getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,423 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,225 in 2010, down 14%.

The surname Dally

A surname, carried by 1,225 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdæli/ 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). Dally is more common than 86.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,225 people named Dally in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 252,037 Americans. That is down 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,423.

#21,371

rank among US surnames

1,225

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-13.9%

change since 2000 (was #18,069)

Who is named Dally

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

86% of people named Dally identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.9%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dallys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Dally
American rower (1908-1996)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dally

Dally 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 Dally?: 1,225 people in the United States had the surname Dally in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 252,037 Americans. It ranked 21,371st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dally?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Dally identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Dally?: William Dally, American rower (1908-1996).
Where is the surname Dally most common?: Wikidata records people named Dally in the United States.
How do you pronounce Dally?: Dally is /ˈdæli/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Dally getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,423 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,225 in 2010, down 14%.