Last Name DAY

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Meaning The deye or day, a maid, a dairy-maid, whence dairy.
The Geltic and Gaelic word 'deag' or 'dagh' signifies good, excellent, the same as 'Da,' in Welsh. Camden supposes the name to be a pontraction of David. 'Dai,' 'Du,' in the Welsh, signifies dark, & allusion to the complexion or color of the hair. 'Dhu,' in Gaelic, the same, dark color, black. 'Deah,' Anglo-Saxon, dark, obscure.
Origin English, Scottish, Jewish, Dutch, Irish, Falkland, Belgian

Rank 271 (2000 US census) 245 (1990 US census)
Count 101,676 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 85.18%, or 86608 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 10.12%, or 10290 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.7%, or 712 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.97%, or 986 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.46%, or 1484 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.57%, or 1596 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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