How common is the surname Lally?

5,808 people in the United States had the surname Lally in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,159 Americans. It ranked 5,931st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lally?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Lally identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Lally getting more or less common?

More common. 5,528 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,808 in 2010, up 5.1%.

The surname Lally

A French surname, carried by 5,808 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L400

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

Origin

French origin

Two main origins: * Reduced form of Mullally, a surname of Irish origin. * Borrowed from French L'Ally or a variant of Laly.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,808 people named Lally in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 53,159 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,528.

#5,931

rank among US surnames

5,808

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #5,738)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,922	Montesdeoca	5,820	53,049
#5,923	Lanza	5,819	53,058
#5,924	Arceneaux	5,818	53,067
#5,925	Daughtry	5,816	53,086
#5,928	Dorr	5,814	53,104
#5,929	Pelaez	5,810	53,140
#5,930	Dickman	5,809	53,150

Who is named Lally

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

91% of people named Lally identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lally

Lally has the Soundex code L400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L400.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lally come from?: Two main origins: * Reduced form of Mullally, a surname of Irish origin. * Borrowed from French L'Ally or a variant of Laly.
How common is the surname Lally?: 5,808 people in the United States had the surname Lally in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,159 Americans. It ranked 5,931st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lally?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Lally identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Lally getting more or less common?: More common. 5,528 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,808 in 2010, up 5.1%.