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The DALZIEL surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 622 34459 0 2
United States (1880 census) 108 29810 0 2
Change since 1880 +514 -4649 +N/A 0
Other Countries
Australia 456 3487 0.003 28
United Kingdom 1,823 3191 0.004 40
Top States for DALZIEL by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 88 24741 0.000 3
Florida 62 24685 0.000 4
Michigan 48 24795 0.000 5
Washington 38 17573 0.001 6
Iowa 36 12006 0.001 12
Top States for DALZIEL by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Iowa 36 12006 0.001 12
Oregon 33 11988 0.001 10
North Dakota 6 14660 0.001 9
Washington 38 17573 0.001 6
Michigan 48 24795 0.000 5

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called DALZIEL live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called DALZIEL represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called DALZIEL in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a DALZIEL by picking someone at random in Iowa than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of DALZIEL

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Scotland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the DALZIEL surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the DALZIEL surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of DALZIEL in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 590 94.86
White (Hispanic) 14 2.25
Mixed Race 9 1.45
Asian/Pacific 5 0.8
Black/African American Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the DALZIEL surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of DALZIEL in historical publications

DALZIEL. DAIZELL. Anciently written Dallyell, Daleel, Dalyiel, &c. From the barony of Dal-ycel (i.e. ' the beautiful meadow') on the river Clyde. The Earls of Carnwath are the chiefs of the family. The often-quoted romantic story which assigns another origin for the name (See Eng. Surn. ii. 8.) has neither history, etymology, nor common sense to support it.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to DALZIEL

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as DALZIEL.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for DALZIEL

The following words are slight variants of DALZIEL that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.