Dellaway Surname

919,444th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 288 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Dellaway Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dellaway Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1701:327,75324,219
Australia721:374,94030,993
New Zealand391:116,11114,715
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England321:761,73034,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Dellaway Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dellaway occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dellaway? popularity and diffusion

The surname Dellaway is the 919,444th most frequently used family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 25,303,979 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 59 percent of Dellaway reside; 59 percent reside in Northern Europe and 59 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname is most numerous in England, where it is borne by 170 people, or 1 in 327,753. In England it is most frequent in: Greater London, where 44 percent live, Kent, where 16 percent live and Cambridgeshire, where 9 percent live. Other than England it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 25 percent live and New Zealand, where 14 percent live.

Dellaway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Dellaway has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Dellaway last name rose 531 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dellawa935/
Dillaway88329/
Delloway880/
Dellava801,902/
Dellaba80117/
Dellavy8014/
Dlahway801/
Dillawy801/
Dellaby800/
Dellowy800/
Dlawa774/
Dlawy771/
Dilloway75664/
Dell'ava75100/
Dhlawayo752/
Dilleway751/
Dellowas751/
Delllava751/
Delliava751/
Delliaba751/
Dellavas751/
Dellevay750/
Dlabay7148/
Dellavaja715/
Dellavaia712/
Dlawah711/
Dlajwa711/
Dhlawa711/
Dellova671,165/
Delleva67460/
Dillava6757/
Dellavi6740/
Dellowe6724/
Dellave6712/
Dillaby679/
Delloba677/
Dlewayo673/
Dellabe672/
Dellasvast671/
Dlawoye671/
Dhlawat671/

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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 Dellaway
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