The Dell surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,255 people carried this name — #4,305 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 35,700 people counted. That is down 4% from 8,563 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,576 people named Dell 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 75 people named Dell.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
40 people named Dell live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Thurgau.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 print
Dell in American newspapers,
1873–1897.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 662,962 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Dell,
with a public archive behind them.
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William Dell 1607–1669 · civil servant -
Jonas Dell d. 1665 · writer
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Peter der Jüngere Dell d. 1572 · sculptor
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Peter Dell 1501–1545 · artist
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Valentine Dell 1829–1885 · politician
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Rezső Dell’Adami 1850–1888 · lawyer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dell.
- Delille 326 · U.S. census
- Delin 300 · U.S. census
- Deline 989 · U.S. census
- Delion 233 · U.S. census
- Delis 405 · U.S. census
- Delisle 4,041 · U.S. census
- Dellamonica 274 · U.S. census
- Dellapina 111 · U.S. census
- Dellas 159 · U.S. census
- Dellavalle 704 · U.S. census
- Delle 266 · U.S. census
- Dellenbach 230 · U.S. census
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