Delaney Family History
Delaney Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): habitational name for someone from
any of various minor places in northern France named from Old French
aunaie ‘alder grove’.Irish: Anglicized form, influenced by
the Norman name, of Gaelic Ó Dubhshláine ‘descendant of
Dubhshláine’, a personal name composed of the elements
dubh ‘black’ + slán ‘challenge’,
‘defiance’. MacLysaght, however, suggests that this element may be
from the Sláinge river.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Delaney Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Delaney families
 551 - 1,099  184 - 550 |
 1 - 183  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Delaney families
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299 - 595 100 - 298 |
1 - 99 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Delaney families
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75 - 148 26 - 74 |
1 - 25 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Delaney Family Origin
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Delaney Family Occupations
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