How common is the surname Delk?

5,222 people in the United States had the surname Delk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,124 Americans. It ranked 6,498th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Delk?

Tony Delk, American basketball player-coach.

Where is the surname Delk most common?

Wikidata records people named Delk in the United States.

Is the surname Delk getting more or less common?

More common. 4,760 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,222 in 2010, up 9.7%.

The surname Delk

A surname, carried by 5,222 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Delk is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,222 people named Delk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 59,124 Americans. That is up 9.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,760.

#6,498

rank among US surnames

5,222

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+9.7%

change since 2000 (was #6,566)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,493	Telles	5,230	59,034
#6,494	Shattuck	5,228	59,056
#6,497	Rumsey	5,226	59,079
#6,498	Delk	5,222	59,124
#6,500	Lechuga	5,221	59,135

Who is named Delk

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

79% of people named Delk identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 79%
Black (not Hispanic) 16%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Delks

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tony Delk
American basketball player-coach, born 1974

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Delk

Delk has the Soundex code D420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D420.

Questions

How common is the surname Delk?: 5,222 people in the United States had the surname Delk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,124 Americans. It ranked 6,498th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Delk?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Delk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Delk?: Tony Delk, American basketball player-coach.
Where is the surname Delk most common?: Wikidata records people named Delk in the United States.
Is the surname Delk getting more or less common?: More common. 4,760 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,222 in 2010, up 9.7%.