How common is the surname Adolph?

1,874 people in the United States had the surname Adolph in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 164,752 Americans. It ranked 15,600th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Adolph?

Karl Adolph, Austrian author (1869-1931).

Where is the surname Adolph most common?

Wikidata records people named Adolph in Cisleithania.

How do you pronounce Adolph?

Adolph is /ˈeɪ.dɔlf/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Adolph getting more or less common?

More common. 1,868 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,874 in 2010, up 0.3%.

Is Adolph also a first name?

Yes. Adolph is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Adolph

A surname, carried by 1,874 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈeɪ.dɔlf/ 2 syllables Soundex A341 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Adolph is more common than 90.4% of them.

Origin

Variant spelling of Adolf.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,874 people named Adolph in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 164,752 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,868.

#15,600

rank among US surnames

1,874

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+0.3%

change since 2000 (was #14,612)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,595	Puffer	1,875	164,664
#15,600	Canez	1,874	164,752
#15,606	Pines	1,873	164,840

Who is named Adolph

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

78% of people named Adolph identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Adolphs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Karl Adolph
Austrian author (1869-1931)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Adolf

Adolph has the Soundex code A341, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A341.

Questions

Where does the surname Adolph come from?: Variant spelling of Adolf.
How common is the surname Adolph?: 1,874 people in the United States had the surname Adolph in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 164,752 Americans. It ranked 15,600th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Adolph?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Adolph identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Adolph?: Karl Adolph, Austrian author (1869-1931).
Where is the surname Adolph most common?: Wikidata records people named Adolph in Cisleithania.
How do you pronounce Adolph?: Adolph is /ˈeɪ.dɔlf/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Adolph getting more or less common?: More common. 1,868 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,874 in 2010, up 0.3%.
What are other spellings of Adolph?: Adolf.
Is Adolph also a first name?: Yes. Adolph is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.