Dilley Surname
Approximately 10,079 people bear this surname
Dilley Surname Definition:
1 - Dill (q.v.) + the English diminutive suff.-y.
2 the French Dilly, Old Teutonic Dilli.
Dilley Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7,194 | 1:50,384 | 6,088 |
| England | 1,901 | 1:29,310 | 3,951 |
| Australia | 364 | 1:74,164 | 8,706 |
| South Africa | 207 | 1:261,728 | 26,279 |
| Canada | 105 | 1:350,910 | 31,754 |
| Germany | 66 | 1:1,219,780 | 78,810 |
| New Zealand | 48 | 1:94,340 | 12,897 |
| Niger | 36 | 1:533,112 | 13,750 |
| Scotland | 29 | 1:184,614 | 10,113 |
| Wales | 24 | 1:128,939 | 9,528 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Northern Ireland | 7 | 1:263,577 | 11,625 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 941 | 1:25,904 | 3,554 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:935,804 | 21,348 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,382 | 1:36,338 | 4,313 |
Dilley (56) may also be a first name.
Dilley Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
1 - Dill (q.v.) + the English diminutive suff.-y.
2 the French Dilly, Old Teutonic Dilli.
Dilley Demographics
Average Dilley Salary in
United States
$43,053 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Dilley Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dilley Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dilley (Tibetan: དི་ལས་) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dilley? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 50,883rd most commonly used last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 723,043 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 72 percent of Dilley are found; 72 percent are found in North America and 72 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Dilley is also the 1,321,957th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 56 people.
Dilley is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 7,194 people, or 1 in 50,384. In The United States Dilley is most prevalent in: California, where 10 percent live, Ohio, where 6 percent live and Texas, where 5 percent live. Not including The United States this last name is found in 36 countries. It also occurs in England, where 19 percent live and Australia, where 4 percent live.
Dilley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Dilley has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Dilley surname rose 521 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 202 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 725 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 2,400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 1,500 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Dilley Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Dilley surname are 19.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.71% registered with the political party.
The amount Dilley earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 0.55% more than the national average, earning R 238,956 per year; in United States they earn 0.22% less than the national average, earning $43,053 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.48% more than the national average, earning $55,386 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dilley Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dilley in the Tibetan language | ||
| དི་ལས་ | dilé | - |
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Dilley Reference & Research
Dillard and Dill** DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Dillard and Dill** FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
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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 Dilley
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