de Lilly Surname

1,380,086th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 159 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

de Lilly Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Lilly Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1501:361,18532,866
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

de Lilly Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Lilly is found most in South Africa. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Lilly? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,380,086th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 45,833,622 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of de Lilly live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 150 people, or 1 in 361,185. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Western Cape, where 89 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 7 percent live and Gauteng, where 2 percent live. Beside South Africa de Lilly occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

de Lilly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of de Lilly has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the de Lilly surname grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

de Lilly Last Name Statistics demography

de Lilly earn somewhat less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 14.09% less than the national average, earning R 204,156 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Lilley9431/
de Lille88736/
de Lilla88237/
de Lillie82149/
de Lillis82100/
de Lillio822/
de Lella75139/
de Lylle7569/
de Lelli7525/
di Lilla7518/
De-Lille753/
da Lilla751/
de Lellis712,435/
de Lelles71105/
de Lehelle678/
di Lella632,282/
di Lelle6338/
di Lelli6310/
di Lellio5978/
di Lellis596/
Di-Lella5014/
Di-Lelle501/

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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
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  • 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 Lilly
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