The Dely surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 273 people carried this name — #71,478 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is down 1% from 276 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 374 people named Dely.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 41 départements, most often Nord.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
81 people named Dely live in Switzerland.
They live in 2 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 57 people named Dely 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 West Flanders.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dely.
- Deluce 128 · U.S. census
- Delva 1,869 · U.S. census
- Delval 557 · U.S. census
- Delvalle 11,816 · U.S. census
- Delvaux 335 · U.S. census
- Delvecchio 4,548 · U.S. census
- Demain 352 · U.S. census
- Demaine 280 · U.S. census
- Deman 435 · U.S. census
- Demanche 267 · U.S. census
- Demand 289 · U.S. census
- Demange 232 · U.S. census
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