How common is the surname Dahal?

1,297 people in the United States had the surname Dahal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 238,046 Americans. It ranked 20,468th of 162,253 surnames.

The surname Dahal

A surname, carried by 1,297 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dahal is more common than 87.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,297 people named Dahal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 238,046 Americans.

#20,468

rank among US surnames

1,297

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

Who is named Dahal

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

96% of people named Dahal identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 1.6% as two or more races and 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Asian and Pacific Islander 96%
Two or more races 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; White, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dahal

Dahal has the Soundex code D400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D400.

Questions

How common is the surname Dahal?: 1,297 people in the United States had the surname Dahal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 238,046 Americans. It ranked 20,468th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dahal?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Dahal identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 1.6% as two or more races.