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daly Name Meaning and History

Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Dálaigh ‘descendant of Dálach’, a personal name based on dál (modern dáil) ‘meeting’, ‘assembly’.

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The daly name in History

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Distribution of daly Families in the US in 1920
Vermont: Less than 1% (12 of 6662)New Hampshire: Less than 1% (15 of 6662)Maryland: 1% (54 of 6662)Delaware: Less than 1% (5 of 6662)New Jersey: 6% (397 of 6662)Connecticut: 4% (270 of 6662)Rhode Island: 1% (54 of 6662)Massachusetts: 10% (667 of 6662)Hawaii: Less than 1% (4 of 6662)Alaska: Less than 1% (7 of 6662)California: 6% (389 of 6662)Nevada: Less than 1% (1 of 6662)Oregon: 1% (63 of 6662)Washington: 1% (77 of 6662)Idaho: Less than 1% (20 of 6662)Utah: Less than 1% (19 of 6662)Arizona: Less than 1% (17 of 6662)New Mexico: Less than 1% (5 of 6662)Colorado: 1% (61 of 6662)Wyoming: Less than 1% (10 of 6662)Montana: 1% (58 of 6662)North Dakota: Less than 1% (13 of 6662)South Dakota: Less than 1% (22 of 6662)Nebraska: 1% (41 of 6662)Kansas: 1% (37 of 6662)Oklahoma: Less than 1% (33 of 6662)Texas: 1% (58 of 6662)Minnesota: 2% (112 of 6662)Iowa: 1% (75 of 6662)Missouri: 2% (158 of 6662)Arkansas: Less than 1% (22 of 6662)Louisiana: 1% (68 of 6662)Illinois: 7% (462 of 6662)Wisconsin: 1% (89 of 6662)Michigan: 3% (171 of 6662)Indiana: 1% (57 of 6662)Ohio: 3% (205 of 6662)Kentucky: 1% (49 of 6662)West Virginia: Less than 1% (15 of 6662)Tennessee: 1% (51 of 6662)Mississippi: Less than 1% (18 of 6662)Alabama: 1% (44 of 6662)Florida: Less than 1% (14 of 6662)Georgia: 1% (40 of 6662)South Carolina: Less than 1% (13 of 6662)North Carolina: Less than 1% (11 of 6662)Virginia: 1% (36 of 6662)Maryland: 1% (54 of 6662)Delaware: Less than 1% (5 of 6662)New Jersey: 6% (397 of 6662)Pennsylvania: 7% (496 of 6662)New York: 29% (1928 of 6662)Connecticut: 4% (270 of 6662)Rhode Island: 1% (54 of 6662)Massachusetts: 10% (667 of 6662)Vermont: Less than 1% (12 of 6662)New Hampshire: Less than 1% (15 of 6662)Maine: Less than 1% (29 of 6662)
Number of daly families
 965-1928
 322-964		 1-321
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Threads: 844 - Messages: 1807
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DALY, SHANLY, MORAN olivetaylormathers 5
Dalys of Armoy, Antrim, Ireland David Hill 1
William J. Daly brmcbmet 0
O'Daly from Galway dedalmasesclara 8
Michael DALY (AILY,AILEY) and Catherine ROORK (OROUKE) pdz991 0
Daly/ Ledwidge G_Ledwidge 0
Daly/Daley Liverpool. clarkes154 0
Patrick Daly ejennings78 6
Daly ntdaly 0
Trying to find County Cork Daly/Daley relatives Norbert Daley 41
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