The surname Delancey
A surname, carried by 2,229 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex D452
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,229 people named Delancey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,513 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,131.
#13,597
rank among US surnames
2,229
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+4.6%
change since 2000 (was #13,153)
Who is named Delancey
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
90% of people named Delancey identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 90%
- Black (not Hispanic) 6.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
- Two or more races 1.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Delancey has the Soundex code D452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D452.
Questions
- How common is the surname Delancey?
- 2,229 people in the United States had the surname Delancey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,513 Americans. It ranked 13,597th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Delancey?
- In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Delancey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Delancey getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,131 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,229 in 2010, up 4.6%.