The surname Dalzell
A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 1,675 people in the United States.
Pronounced /diˈɛl/ 2 syllables Soundex D424
Origin
Scottish Gaelic origin
Variant of Dalziel.
One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,675 people named Dalzell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 184,326 Americans. That is down 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,734.
Who is named Dalzell
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Dalzell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 93%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
- Black (not Hispanic) 2.5%
- Two or more races 1.2%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Dalzell
Dalzell has the Soundex code D424, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D424.
Other Scottish Gaelic surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Dalzell come from?
- Variant of Dalziel.
- How common is the surname Dalzell?
- 1,675 people in the United States had the surname Dalzell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 184,326 Americans. It ranked 16,968th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Dalzell?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Dalzell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- How do you pronounce Dalzell?
- Dalzell is /diˈɛl/, 2 syllables.
- Is the surname Dalzell getting more or less common?
- Less common. 1,734 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,675 in 2010, down 3.4%.