# Delany (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/delany/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,909 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,363 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 161,732 people |
| Change since 2000 | +10% (1,735 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Delany in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 3.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Delany in the United States and Australia.

## People named Delany

- Dana Delany, American actress
- Samuel R. Delany, American author and literary critic (born 1942)
- Michael Delany, Australian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist

## Similar surnames

Deleon, Delaney, Dolan, Deluna, Delano, Dulaney, Deloney, Delaune, Dylan, Dillon, Dhillon, Dulin.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.