Daley Surname
Approximately 67,840 people bear this surname
Daley Surname Definition:
(Celtic) Councillor [Irish dálach] (English) Dweller at 1 the Doe-Lea [Old English da + leáh] 2 the Dale-Lea [Old English dæl + leáh] (French) the French Dailly or D’Ailly ~ Of Ailly, a fairly common French place- name.
Read More About This SurnameDaley Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 33,427 | 1:10,843 | 1,330 |
| Jamaica | 10,769 | 1:267 | 49 |
| England | 9,191 | 1:6,062 | 866 |
| Australia | 6,774 | 1:3,985 | 567 |
| Canada | 4,765 | 1:7,733 | 1,134 |
| Wales | 411 | 1:7,529 | 837 |
| New Zealand | 375 | 1:12,076 | 2,103 |
| Scotland | 233 | 1:22,978 | 2,581 |
| South Africa | 228 | 1:237,622 | 24,428 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 205 | 1:484 | 82 |
| India | 204 | 1:3,760,124 | 104,250 |
| Panama | 125 | 1:31,298 | 1,805 |
| Ireland | 102 | 1:46,166 | 3,435 |
| Costa Rica | 97 | 1:49,279 | 1,132 |
| Northern Ireland | 74 | 1:24,933 | 2,784 |
| Bahamas | 64 | 1:6,121 | 584 |
| Montserrat | 62 | 1:80 | 10 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 59 | 1:1,871 | 308 |
| France | 56 | 1:1,186,120 | 124,657 |
| Thailand | 44 | 1:1,605,417 | 210,847 |
| Singapore | 43 | 1:128,086 | 5,748 |
| Cayman Islands | 30 | 1:2,130 | 271 |
| Spain | 29 | 1:1,612,139 | 47,760 |
| Germany | 28 | 1:2,875,195 | 137,699 |
| Bermuda | 24 | 1:2,720 | 427 |
| Guernsey | 22 | 1:2,929 | 767 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Denmark | 19 | 1:297,090 | 21,940 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 18 | 1:75,776 | 5,658 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 17 | 1:2,019 | 214 |
| Netherlands | 16 | 1:1,055,448 | 66,951 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 15 | 1:3,680 | 468 |
| Liberia | 14 | 1:314,895 | 17,893 |
| Barbados | 12 | 1:23,954 | 1,149 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Belize | 10 | 1:35,547 | 2,218 |
| Guyana | 10 | 1:76,222 | 5,818 |
| Hong Kong | 10 | 1:733,548 | 3,685 |
| Jersey | 10 | 1:9,920 | 2,003 |
| Argentina | 9 | 1:4,749,268 | 159,873 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| Cuba | 9 | 1:1,280,302 | 7,343 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Japan | 9 | 1:14,204,921 | 46,388 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Honduras | 5 | 1:1,763,288 | 5,823 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Anguilla | 4 | 1:3,359 | 324 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Dominica | 4 | 1:18,973 | 529 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Isle of Man | 3 | 1:28,607 | 3,614 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 1:3,010,545 | 7,383 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | 1:56,330 | 1,327 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 709 | 1:6,248 | 999 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3,186 | 1:7,651 | 1,176 |
| Wales | 258 | 1:6,079 | 398 |
| Scotland | 94 | 1:39,821 | 3,041 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:54,269 | 2,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7,226 | 1:6,950 | 879 |
The alternate forms: Dáléy (1) are calculated separately.
Daley (1,205) may also be a first name.
Daley Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Celtic) Councillor [Irish dálach] (English) Dweller at 1 the Doe-Lea [Old English da + leáh] 2 the Dale-Lea [Old English dæl + leáh] (French) the French Dailly or D’Ailly ~ Of Ailly, a fairly common French place- name.
(Irish) Grandson of Dalach (frequenting assemblies).
User-submitted Reference
From the Latin, dail, meaning 'assembly'. The root of the name and all its derivatives can be traced back to the single meaning of 'one that gathers at assemblies'. The earliest ancestors with the surname O'Dalaigh were often poets and/or scholars and were present in the courts of many high lords.
- kndaleyDaley Demographics
Average Male Daley Height
177.23 cm
Average Female Daley Height
161.94 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Daley Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Daley Come From? nationality or country of origin
Daley (Hindi: दलेय, Oriya: ଦାେଲୟ, Tibetan: བདའ་ལེགས།) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Dáléy. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Daley? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,395th most common last name globally, held by around 1 in 107,423 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Daley reside; 56 percent reside in North America and 56 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Daley is also the 228,168th most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 1,205 people.
Daley is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 33,427 people, or 1 in 10,843. In The United States Daley is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 14 percent reside, California, where 9 percent reside and Florida, where 8 percent reside. Aside from The United States this last name exists in 108 countries. It is also common in Jamaica, where 16 percent reside and England, where 14 percent reside.
Daley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Daley has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Daley last name grew 463 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 288 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 159 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 248 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 86 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Daley Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Daley surname is chiefly Catholic (86%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Daley surname are 2.2% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 51.03% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Daley earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 83.13% more than the national average, earning R 435,180 per year; in United States they earn 6.71% more than the national average, earning $46,044 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.84% more than the national average, earning $50,098 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Daley Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Daley in the Hindi language | ||
| दलेय | daleya | - |
| Daley in the Oriya language | ||
| ଦାେଲୟ | daelaya | - |
| Daley in the Tibetan language | ||
| བདའ་ལེགས། | dalek | 25 |
| དྲ་ལི། | drali | 25 |
| དགྲ་ལེགས། | dralek | 25 |
| དགྲ་ལེགས | dralek | 25 |
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