De-Lacy Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

De-Lacy Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Lacy.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

De-Lacy Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:6,964,757184,742
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

De-Lacy Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name De-Lacy Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name De-Lacy has its highest incidence in England. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name De-Lacy? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,057,639th most numerous family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 80 percent of De-Lacy live; 80 percent live in Northern Europe and 80 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most frequently used in England, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 6,964,757. In England De-Lacy is mostly concentrated in: Norfolk, where 63 percent live, Derbyshire, where 13 percent live and Hertfordshire, where 13 percent live. Excluding England this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Scotland, where 20 percent live and Australia, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
De-Lacey937/
de Lacy86806/
de Lacey80338/
de Leacy8042/
De-Lashey7511/
de Laucey752/
de Leacey751/
de Lace7112/
de Laca714/
De-Losa712/
de Laci711/
de Llaca675/
de Lache672/
de Lassy672/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to De-Lacy
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