Explore the Family Name Dilly

The meaning of Dilly

1. English: variant of Dilley. 2. German: from a pet form of the female personal name Ottilie. 3. French (Pas-de-Calais and Nord): variant of Dillies, a habitational name, with fused preposition d(e), for someone from Illies, a place in Nord. 4. French (Ardennes): habitational name, with fused preposition d(e), for someone from Illy, a place in the Ardennes.

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How common is the last name Dilly in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Dilly has seen a slight decrease in rank from 2000 to 2010, moving from 33,471 to 34,032, a drop of 1.68%. However, this did not result in a decrease in the actual count of people with this surname. In fact, there was an increase of 3.89%, going from 643 in 2000 to 668 in 2010. The proportion per 100,000 also saw a marginal decrease of 4.17%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#33,471	#34,032	-1.68%
Count	643	668	3.89%
Proportion per 100k	0.24	0.23	-4.17%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Dilly

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows minimal changes for the surname Dilly between 2000 and 2010. Among those identified as White, the percentage increased slightly by 0.67% from 94.87% to 95.51%. There was a significant increase in the percentage identifying as Hispanic, rising by 37.61% from 1.09% to 1.50%. The proportion of individuals with multiple races dropped to zero from 1.40%. Interestingly, American Indian and Alaskan Native representation emerged at 0.75% while it was zero in 2000. Both Asian/Pacific Islander and Black categories saw no change and a decrease respectively.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.87%	95.51%	0.67%
Hispanic	1.09%	1.5%	37.61%
Black	1.24%	1.05%	-15.32%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.75%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.4%	0%	0%