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    The surname Delao

    A surname, carried by 6,515 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D400

    Delao: #5,343 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Delao #5,343, 6,515 people Delao: #5,343 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Delao #5,343, 6,515 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Delao is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    Derived from De La O

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,515 people named Delao in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,390 Americans. That is up 37% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,771.

    #5,343
    rank among US surnames
    6,515
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +36.6%
    change since 2000 (was #6,550)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,339Bias6,51847,368
    #5,340Emanuel6,51747,375
    #5,342Howerton6,51647,383
    #5,343Delao6,51547,390

    Who is named Delao

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

    90% of people named Delao identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 8.8% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90%
    • White (not Hispanic) 8.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • Two or more races 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Delao

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Delao come from?
    Derived from De La O
    How common is the surname Delao?
    6,515 people in the United States had the surname Delao in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,390 Americans. It ranked 5,343rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Delao?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Delao identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 8.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Delao getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,771 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,515 in 2010, up 37%.