The Delao surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,515 people carried this name — #5,343 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 45,200 people counted. That is up 37% from 4,771 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Delao surname

Derived from De La O

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Delao» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 40 people named Delao 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 Río Negro.

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

Where they live today

Río Negro 21
Buenos Aires Province 19

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Delao in American newspapers,
1910–1920.

Newspaper page from El Paso Herald carrying the name Delao
El Paso Herald 1910-01-24
Newspaper page from El Paso Herald carrying the name Delao
El Paso Herald 1910-01-22
Newspaper page from Cayton's Weekly carrying the name Delao
Cayton's Weekly 1920-04-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 620 pages in all carry the name.

In the public record

People named Delao,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States196 records

196 records of the Delao name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 132
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 33
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 27
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Ignacio O. Delao

    Born 1921 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Sam Houston; construction worker from Wilson County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1993, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Martin Delao

    Arrived at New York in 1904 aboard the Bremen from Bremen and Bremerhaven, aged 30; smith. From Hungary.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Luis De La O

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War. Born 1930, died 1992; buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 196 records for Delao in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France1 record

1 record of the Delao name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Antonia Delao

    Born 1899 in Spain; died 1992 in Frontignan (Hérault).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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