Daly surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Daly surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 30,434 people carried this name — #1,048 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 8,870 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 308 people named Daly.

32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Ain.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 32
Ain 93
Aisne 37
Haute-Vienne 25
Marne 16
Paris 15
Corrèze 13
Indre 11
Wallis and Futuna 6

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

59 people named Daly live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 16
Bern 8
Solothurn 7
Geneva 6
Vaud 6
Basel-Stadt 4
Graubünden 3
Basel-Landschaft 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Daly in American newspapers,
1888–1904.

Newspaper page from Evening Capital carrying the name Daly
Evening Capital 1888-12-05
Newspaper page from Evening Journal carrying the name Daly
Evening Journal 1890-06-17
Newspaper page from The Scranton Tribune carrying the name Daly
The Scranton Tribune 1900-02-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,134,746 pages in all carry the name.

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