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    The surname Delay

    A surname, carried by 3,616 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D400

    Delay: #9,037 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Delay #9,037, 3,616 people Delay: #9,037 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Delay #9,037, 3,616 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Delay is more common than 94.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,616 people named Delay in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 85,383 Americans. That is up 8.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,322.

    #9,037
    rank among US surnames
    3,616
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.9%
    change since 2000 (was #9,048)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,029Barthel3,62085,289
    #9,030Chai3,61985,312
    #9,033Skeens3,61785,360
    #9,037Delay3,61685,383
    #9,038Everitt3,61585,407
    #9,043Campion3,61485,430
    #9,045Lieu3,61285,478

    Who is named Delay

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

    82% of people named Delay identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 4.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Delays

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Tom DeLay
      American Republican politician, born 1947

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Delay

    Delay 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 Delay?
    3,616 people in the United States had the surname Delay in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,383 Americans. It ranked 9,037th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Delay?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Delay identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Delay?
    Tom DeLay, American Republican politician.
    Where is the surname Delay most common?
    Wikidata records people named Delay in the United States.
    Is the surname Delay getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,322 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,616 in 2010, up 8.9%.