Daley Surname

8,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 67,840 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Montserrat

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.

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Daley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States33,4271:10,8431,330
Jamaica10,7691:26749
England9,1911:6,062866
Australia6,7741:3,985567
Canada4,7651:7,7331,134
Wales4111:7,529837
New Zealand3751:12,0762,103
Scotland2331:22,9782,581
South Africa2281:237,62224,428
Antigua and Barbuda2051:48482
India2041:3,760,124104,250
Panama1251:31,2981,805
Ireland1021:46,1663,435
Costa Rica971:49,2791,132
Northern Ireland741:24,9332,784
Bahamas641:6,121584
Montserrat621:8010
United States Virgin Islands591:1,871308
France561:1,186,120124,657
Thailand441:1,605,417210,847
Singapore431:128,0865,748
Cayman Islands301:2,130271
Spain291:1,612,13947,760
Germany281:2,875,195137,699
Bermuda241:2,720427
Guernsey221:2,929767
Nigeria221:8,051,944174,166
Denmark191:297,09021,940
Trinidad and Tobago181:75,7765,658
Turks and Caicos Islands171:2,019214
Netherlands161:1,055,44866,951
Saint Kitts and Nevis151:3,680468
Liberia141:314,89517,893
Barbados121:23,9541,149
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Belize101:35,5472,218
Guyana101:76,2225,818
Hong Kong101:733,5483,685
Jersey101:9,9202,003
Argentina91:4,749,268159,873
Aruba91:11,4971,511
Cuba91:1,280,3027,343
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Japan91:14,204,92146,388
Niger91:2,132,44640,124
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
Honduras51:1,763,2885,823
Ivory Coast51:4,614,24651,139
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Anguilla41:3,359324
China41:341,830,39216,990
Congo41:1,247,27420,238
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Dominica41:18,973529
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Isle of Man31:28,6073,614
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Nicaragua21:3,010,5457,383
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines21:56,3301,327
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland7091:6,248999
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3,1861:7,6511,176
Wales2581:6,079398
Scotland941:39,8213,041
Jersey11:51,8823,898
Isle of Man11:54,2692,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,2261:6,950879

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.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Irish) Grandson of Dalach (frequenting assemblies).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

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.

- kndaley

Daley Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Daley Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Daley (Hindi: दलेय, Oriya: ଦାେଲୟ, Tibetan: བདའ་ལེགས།) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Dáléy. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Daley? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,395th most commonly occurring last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 107,423 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 73 percent of Daley are found; 56 percent are found in North America and 56 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Daley is also the 228,168th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 1,205 people.

Daley is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 33,427 people, or 1 in 10,843. In The United States Daley is most common in: New York, where 14 percent reside, California, where 9 percent reside and Florida, where 8 percent reside. Beside The United States it occurs in 108 countries. It also occurs in Jamaica, where 16 percent reside and England, where 14 percent reside.

Daley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Daley has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Daley surname increased 463 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 288 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 159 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 248 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 86 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Daley Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Daley last name is chiefly Catholic (86%) in Ireland.

In The United States Daley are 2.2% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 51.03% registered with 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dailey9145,399/
Dalley916,158/
Dayley911,216/
Dealey91617/
Daleya91284/
Dhaley91256/
Dahley91210/
Dauley91183/
Daeley9198/
Dasley9137/
Daliey9115/
Datley917/
Daleey916/
Daleyi913/
Daleys913/
Daleye911/
Dalgey911/
Daaley911/
Tdaley911/
Daleyo911/
Daly89121,724/
Dale89110,611/
Dáléy871/
Daisley831,968/
Deatley83882/
Dhalley83594/
Deasley83193/
Daysley8355/
Dailley8341/
Daulley8322/
Dhailey8321/
Daleeya835/
Dausley834/
Dehaley834/
Dattley833/
Dhaleya833/
Daleyat833/
Dhatley833/
Dalleya832/
Dautley832/
Daileys831/
Hdasley831/
Dalgehy831/
Dalhley831/
Dahliey831/
Daileiy831/
Deauley831/
Diyaley831/
Dahlley831/
Dalleye831/
D'Haley831/
Dhaaley831/
Dealley830/
Daileey830/
Daileyi830/
Doley80215,653/
Dalei8097,999/
Dalle8024,468/
Dhale8019,128/
Daily8016,767/
Dally8010,953/
Dahle807,391/
Dales807,328/
Dalay803,116/
Dhaly801,677/
Daule801,560/
Daler801,405/
Deale801,373/
Dealy801,283/
Daely801,181/
Dalea801,146/
Deley801,116/
Dalet80882/
Daliy80877/
Dalie80715/
Daile80612/
Dayle80610/
Daele80579/
Dalya80543/
Diley80452/
Dalee80340/
Dauly80312/
Dalge80241/
Dasle80235/
Daleh80212/
Dahly80205/
Daloy80188/
Dalhy80153/
Dalae80125/
Daleu80119/
Dalez80119/
Daale80118/
Daaly80116/
Dalep80105/
Daled80100/
Dalue8098/
Dalyi8081/
Daluy8061/
Dalye8055/
Dalhe8046/
Dalej8028/
Dgale8024/
Daloe8012/
Dayly8011/
Dalyo808/
Dajle807/
Datle806/
Ådale805/
Tdale804/
Dalje803/
Déley802/
Daíle801/
Dalyh801/
Dıale801/
Dhealley7710/
Deattley772/
Deathley771/
Deatleyy771/
Dealeyeh771/
Dooley7348,586/
Daulay7328,298/
Dahale7311,142/
Dolley738,957/
Deeley734,262/
Dalayi733,548/
Dailly733,494/
Dholey732,745/
Dahule732,719/
Dalieh732,410/
Daliya732,280/
Dallet731,918/
Dayile731,795/
Doyley731,535/
Daller731,084/
Dhalee731,023/
Deleye73843/
Dhalay73747/
Dalaya73633/
Daulae73620/
Dalles73600/
Dahleh73591/
Daleep73524/
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Dauler73447/
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Dujale73428/
Dasler73380/
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Dauleu73102/
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Daley Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Daley in the Hindi language
दलेयdaleya-
Daley in the Oriya language
ଦାେଲୟdaelaya-
Daley in the Tibetan language
བདའ་ལེགས།dalek25
དྲ་ལི།drali25
དགྲ་ལེགས།dralek25
དགྲ་ལེགསdralek25

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