The Dalby surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,711 people carried this name — #16,720 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 172,400 people counted. That is up 6% from 1,608 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 323 people named Dalby.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 43 départements, most often Creuse.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 25 people named Dalby live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
416 people named Dalby are counted in Norway and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Dalby,
with a public archive behind them.
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Robert Dalby d. 1589 · politician
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Charles Dalby d. 1981
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Margaret Ramsay Dalby d. 1911
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Edward Dalby 1610–1672
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John Dalby 1651–1720 · politician
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John Dalby 1651–1720 · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dalby.
When the index is not enough
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