Delancy Surname

179,338th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,379 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Turks and Caicos Islands

Delancy Surname Definition:

(French.) Local. De Lancy, from the town of Lancy, in the province of Burgundy, France.

Delancy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2131:298,81227,597
Bahamas7421:528110
Turks and Caicos Islands3801:9019
Trinidad and Tobago341:40,1173,784
England31:18,572,686338,250
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3731:134,63512,812

Delancy (111) may also be a first name.

Delancy Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(French.) Local. De Lancy, from the town of Lancy, in the province of Burgundy, France.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Delancy Last Name Facts

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

Delancy is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Delancy click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Delancy? popularity and diffusion

It is the 179,338th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 3,063,281 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Delancy are found; 51 percent are found in North America and 51 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Delancy is also the 890,531st most widespread first name world-wide. It is borne by 111 people.

The surname Delancy is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 1,213 people, or 1 in 298,812. In The United States it is most frequent in: Florida, where 27 percent are found, Georgia, where 6 percent are found and New York, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also found in The Bahamas, where 31 percent are found and The Turks and Caicos Islands, where 16 percent are found.

Delancy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Delancy has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 325 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Delancy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Delancy last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Delancy surname are 13.51% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.28% being registered with the political party.

Delancy earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 8.54% less than the national average, earning $39,462 USD per year.

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