The Dali surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 146 people carried this name — #118,853 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is down 14% from 170 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Dali surname
From Catalan Dalí, possibly from dalí (“stick for fording”), from Arabic دَلِيل (dalīl, “sign, guide”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Dalí» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
211 people named Dali live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 193 people named Dali.
Most of them — 116 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 108 people named Dali 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 41 people named Dali live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
61 people named Dali is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
Who carried it
People named Dali,
with a public archive behind them.
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Salvador Dalí 1904–1989 · screenwriter -
Anna Maria Dalí 1908–1989 · writer -
Tracy Dali 1966– · actor -
Salvador Dalí i Cusí 1872–1950 · politician
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Sándor Dali 1930–2010 · editor
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Fabienne Dali 1941– · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dali.
When the index is not enough
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