# Dahl (surname)

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

A surname of Scandinavian origin.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 21,598 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,669 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 14,295 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.8% (20,616 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Danish, Norwegian and Swedish Dahl. Doublet of Dale and Dell.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dahl 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dahl in the United States.

## People named Dahl

- Robert A. Dahl, American political scientist (1915–2014)
- Arlene Dahl, American actress (1925–2021)
- John Dahl, American film and television director and writer
- Ryan Dahl, American software engineer
- David Dahl, baseball player

## Similar surnames

Daly, Dale, Daley, Deal, Daily, Dial, Dail, Dall, Dahle, Dally, Daul, Dalia.

## 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.