How common is the surname Dilley?

5,692 people in the United States had the surname Dilley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,242 Americans. It ranked 6,036th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dilley?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Dilley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Dilley most common?

Wikidata records people named Dilley in the United States.

Is the surname Dilley getting more or less common?

Less common. 5,739 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,692 in 2010, down 0.8%.

The surname Dilley

An English surname, carried by 5,692 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dilley is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

Possibly a pet form of an unrecorded Old English personal name *Dylla, found in placenames such as Dillington or Dilton.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,692 people named Dilley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 54,242 Americans. That is down 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,739.

#6,036

rank among US surnames

5,692

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

-0.8%

change since 2000 (was #5,557)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,028	Herold	5,705	54,118
#6,029	Lightner	5,701	54,156
#6,030	Riojas	5,699	54,175
#6,031	Monreal	5,698	54,185
#6,032	Trudeau	5,697	54,194
#6,033	Leatherman	5,696	54,204
#6,034	Gartner	5,694	54,223

Who is named Dilley

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

94% of people named Dilley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dilleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gary Dilley
American swimmer, born 1945

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dilley

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dilley come from?: Possibly a pet form of an unrecorded Old English personal name *Dylla, found in placenames such as Dillington or Dilton.
How common is the surname Dilley?: 5,692 people in the United States had the surname Dilley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,242 Americans. It ranked 6,036th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dilley?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Dilley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Dilley?: Gary Dilley, American swimmer.
Where is the surname Dilley most common?: Wikidata records people named Dilley in the United States.
Is the surname Dilley getting more or less common?: Less common. 5,739 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,692 in 2010, down 0.8%.