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    The surname Delong

    A surname, carried by 17,844 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D452

    Delong: #2,022 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Delong #2,022, 17,844 people Delong: #2,022 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Delong #2,022, 17,844 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Delong is more common than 98.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 17,844 people named Delong in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,302 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,575.

    #2,022
    rank among US surnames
    17,844
    people in 2010
    6.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.5%
    change since 2000 (was #1,875)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,013Flaherty17,92617,223
    #2,014Drummond17,92217,227
    #2,015Bernstein17,91617,233
    #2,016Darnell17,91517,234
    #2,017Hwang17,90017,248
    #2,018Fong17,88917,259
    #2,019McCord17,87517,272

    Who is named Delong

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

    93% of people named Delong identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Delongs

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • George W. De Long
      American polar explorer (1844–1881)
    • J. Bradford DeLong
      American economist, born 1960
    • Mahlon DeLong
      American neurologist, 1938–2024

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Delong

    Delong 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 Delong?
    17,844 people in the United States had the surname Delong in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,302 Americans. It ranked 2,022nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Delong?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Delong identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Delong?
    George W. De Long, American polar explorer (1844–1881), followed by J. Bradford DeLong.
    Where is the surname Delong most common?
    Wikidata records people named Delong in the United States.
    Is the surname Delong getting more or less common?
    More common. 17,575 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,844 in 2010, up 1.5%.