# Adolph (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/adolph/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,874 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,600 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 164,752 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.3% (1,868 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈeɪ.dɔlf/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Adolf |

## Etymology

Variant spelling of Adolf.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Adolph in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 4.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Adolph in Cisleithania.

## People named Adolph

- Karl Adolph, Austrian author (1869-1931)

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.