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The DACEY surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,482 17521 0.001 6
United States (1880 census) 675 7586 0.001 14
Change since 1880 +807 -9935 0 -8
Other Countries
Australia 218 6975 0.001 13
United Kingdom 538 8410 0.001 12
Top States for DACEY by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Massachusetts 374 2063 0.006 59
New York 149 10983 0.001 8
Florida 122 12503 0.001 8
New Jersey 99 8469 0.001 12
Connecticut 64 6087 0.002 19
Top States for DACEY by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Massachusetts 374 2063 0.006 59
Rhode Island 30 4489 0.003 29
Connecticut 64 6087 0.002 19
New Hampshire 23 5911 0.002 19
Vermont 8 8624 0.001 13

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

Classification and Origin of DACEY

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Wales

Language of origin: Welsh

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the DACEY 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 DACEY 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 DACEY in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 17 1.15
Asian/Pacific 8 0.54
Mixed Race 8 0.54
White (Caucasian) 1,442 97.3
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 DACEY surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of DACEY in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of DACEY.

Similar names to DACEY

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as DACEY.

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 DACEY

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