How common is the surname Dulaney?

5,507 people in the United States had the surname Dulaney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,064 Americans. It ranked 6,210th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Dulaney getting more or less common?

More common. 5,366 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,507 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Dulaney

An Irish surname, carried by 5,507 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dulaney is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

A variant of Delaney.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,507 people named Dulaney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,064 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,366.

#6,210

rank among US surnames

5,507

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #5,906)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,205	Burcham	5,512	56,013
#6,206	Schutte	5,511	56,024
#6,209	Breland	5,510	56,034
#6,210	Dulaney	5,507	56,064
#6,211	Steinke	5,506	56,074

Who is named Dulaney

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

82% of people named Dulaney identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dulaney

Dulaney has the Soundex code D450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D450.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dulaney come from?: A variant of Delaney.
How common is the surname Dulaney?: 5,507 people in the United States had the surname Dulaney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,064 Americans. It ranked 6,210th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dulaney?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Dulaney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Dulaney getting more or less common?: More common. 5,366 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,507 in 2010, up 2.6%.