Lally Surname
Approximately 15,867 people bear this surname
Lally Surname Definition:
(French) One who came from Ally, in central France.
Lally Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8,141 | 1:44,523 | 5,450 |
| England | 3,202 | 1:17,401 | 2,505 |
| Ireland | 1,863 | 1:2,528 | 477 |
| Australia | 670 | 1:40,292 | 5,202 |
| Canada | 560 | 1:65,796 | 7,631 |
| India | 209 | 1:3,670,169 | 102,657 |
| Scotland | 208 | 1:25,740 | 2,803 |
| Tanzania | 135 | 1:392,160 | 27,960 |
| New Zealand | 112 | 1:40,431 | 6,796 |
| France | 111 | 1:598,403 | 79,437 |
| Wales | 82 | 1:37,738 | 3,712 |
| Benin | 73 | 1:141,584 | 14,936 |
| Guyana | 57 | 1:13,372 | 1,858 |
| Ivory Coast | 54 | 1:427,245 | 14,306 |
| Northern Ireland | 54 | 1:34,167 | 3,366 |
| South Africa | 51 | 1:1,062,308 | 63,943 |
| Nigeria | 40 | 1:4,428,569 | 120,862 |
| Greece | 16 | 1:692,487 | 77,522 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Jamaica | 13 | 1:220,765 | 6,223 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Italy | 9 | 1:6,795,188 | 113,457 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Ecuador | 7 | 1:2,272,264 | 23,377 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 1:227,329 | 10,175 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1,368 | 1:3,238 | 595 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 457 | 1:53,338 | 6,409 |
| Scotland | 23 | 1:162,749 | 6,621 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,631 | 1:30,790 | 3,718 |
Lally (2,157) may also be a first name.
Lally Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(French) One who came from Ally, in central France.
From an old genealogy of this family it appears that Amlavus O'Maolalla, chief of Tulla-ny-Maolalla, was descended in the thirteenth generation from Maolalla, who, at the close of the tenth century, was ruler of Moen-nioge, now Clanricarde. The name was shortened first to O'Mullally, then to O'Lally, and finally to Lally. D'Alton.
Lally Demographics
Average Male Lally Height
177.01 cm
Average Female Lally Height
161.29 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Lally Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lally Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lally (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻻﻟﻲ, Hindi: लल्ली, Marathi: ललु) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lally? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 33,486th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 459,289 people. The last name Lally occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 55 percent of Lally live; 55 percent live in North America and 55 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 161,508th most widely held given name globally. It is borne by 2,157 people.
This last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 8,141 people, or 1 in 44,523. In The United States it is most numerous in: Massachusetts, where 13 percent reside, New York, where 11 percent reside and California, where 8 percent reside. Besides The United States this surname exists in 71 countries. It is also found in England, where 20 percent reside and Ireland, where 12 percent reside.
Lally Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Lally has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Lally surname rose 499 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 701 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 136 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 904 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 4,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Lally Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Lally last name is primarily Catholic (98%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Lally surname are 0.66% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 52.57% being registered with the political party.
The amount Lally earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 67.52% more than the national average, earning R 398,100 per year; in United States they earn 15.66% more than the national average, earning $49,906 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.97% more than the national average, earning $56,624 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lally Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lally in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻻﻟﻲ | laly | - |
| Lally in the Marathi language | ||
| ललु | lalu | - |
| Lally in the Hindi language | ||
| लल्ली | lalli | 57.14 |
| लाली | lali | 28.57 |
| लाले | lale | 14.29 |
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Lally Reference & Research
History of O'Mullally and Lally Clann - The history of an Irish family through the ages intertwined with that of the Irish nation : fe brat Naoimh Griollan (under the mantle of St. Grellan.)
Lally/Mullally 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
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