Last Name DAINTY

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: Of Daventry, an imitative variant of Daintree. There seems to be no other solution, as there is not trace of a nickname Dainty, i.e. nice, particular, delicate.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 54,643 (2000 US census)
Count 353 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 88.1%, or 311 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 4.25%, or 15 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 4.25%, or 15 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.42%, or 5 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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