Dalgety Surname

440,964th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 776 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tonga
Highest density in:
Tonga

Dalgety Surname Definition:

From Dalgety in the parish of the same name in Fife, or from the lands of Dalgety or Delgaty in Aberdeenshire, formerly belonging to a family of that name. There appears also to have been lands of the name in the parish of Brechin, and there is record of a grant in 1594 to Hercules Delgaty of the escheat of the goods of Robert Low in Brechin (REB.

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Dalgety Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tonga2101:511137
New Zealand1351:33,5435,806
South Africa951:570,29244,274
Australia861:313,90427,145
United States551:6,590,162310,708
England441:1,266,32057,817
Scotland411:130,5818,115
Suriname381:14,5433,502
Canada301:1,228,18688,140
Guyana141:54,4444,775
Netherlands121:1,407,26575,423
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland1801:20,7962,046
England231:1,059,79941,508

Dalgety Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From Dalgety in the parish of the same name in Fife, or from the lands of Dalgety or Delgaty in Aberdeenshire, formerly belonging to a family of that name. There appears also to have been lands of the name in the parish of Brechin, and there is record of a grant in 1594 to Hercules Delgaty of the escheat of the goods of Robert Low in Brechin (REB., II, 368). David Delegate was retoured heir to Margaret Butchert, 1649 (Inquis., 3537). The name has been made famous by Scott's Dugald Dalgetty in A Legend of Montrose. Old spellings are Dalgitie (1672), Daigati.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Celtic) belonging to Dalgety (Fife) = the WINDY Field [Gaelic dail (dal), a field + gaothach, windy]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A parish in co. Fife.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Dalgety Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dalgety occurs more in Tonga more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dalgety? popularity and diffusion

The last name Dalgety is the 440,964th most commonly held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 9,391,167 people. Dalgety is primarily found in Oceania, where 56 percent of Dalgety are found; 28 percent are found in Australasia and 28 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname is most common in Tonga, where it is held by 210 people, or 1 in 511. Beside Tonga Dalgety occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 17 percent live and South Africa, where 12 percent live.

Dalgety Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dalgety has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Dalgety surname grew 191 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 77 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dalgety Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Dalgety surname are 30.15% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 76.92% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Dalgety earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 42.68% more than the national average, earning R 339,072 per year; in United States they earn 18.27% more than the national average, earning $51,032 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.64% less than the national average, earning $43,402 CAD per year.

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