The Dilly surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 668 people carried this name — #34,032 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is up 4% from 643 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Dilly surname
Borrowed from French Dilly, but also a variant of Dilley.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Dilly» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 571 people named Dilly.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 36 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 35 people named Dilly 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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dilly.
- Dille 2,093 · U.S. census
- Diller 4,306 · U.S. census
- Dillier 118 · U.S. census
- Dillinger 2,811 · U.S. census
- Dillmann 194 · U.S. census
- Dillon 50,465 · U.S. census
- Dimanche 473 · U.S. census
- Dime 111 · U.S. census
- Dimech 152 · U.S. census
- Dimeglio 1,358 · U.S. census
- Dimino 1,108 · U.S. census
- Dimitrijevic 259 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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