How common is the surname Dahl?

21,598 people in the United States had the surname Dahl in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,295 Americans. It ranked 1,669th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dahl?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Dahl identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Dahl?

Robert A. Dahl, American political scientist (1915–2014), followed by Arlene Dahl.

Where is the surname Dahl most common?

Wikidata records people named Dahl in the United States.

Is the surname Dahl getting more or less common?

More common. 20,616 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,598 in 2010, up 4.8%.

The surname Dahl

A surname, carried by 21,598 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dahl is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 21,598 people named Dahl in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,295 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 20,616.

#1,669

rank among US surnames

21,598

people in 2010

7.3

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #1,599)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,660	O'Hara	21,710	14,221
#1,661	Hammer	21,709	14,222
#1,662	Feliciano	21,667	14,250
#1,664	Betancourt	21,663	14,252
#1,665	Beaver	21,640	14,267
#1,667	Kilgore	21,627	14,276
#1,668	McGraw	21,614	14,285

Who is named Dahl

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

94% of people named Dahl identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dahls

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert A. Dahl
American political scientist (1915–2014)
Arlene Dahl
American actress (1925–2021)
John Dahl
American film and television director and writer, born 1956
Ryan Dahl
American software engineer, born 1981
David Dahl
Baseball player, born 1994

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dahl

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

Questions

Where does the surname Dahl come from?: From Danish, Norwegian and Swedish Dahl. Doublet of Dale and Dell.
How common is the surname Dahl?: 21,598 people in the United States had the surname Dahl in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,295 Americans. It ranked 1,669th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dahl?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Dahl identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Dahl?: Robert A. Dahl, American political scientist (1915–2014), followed by Arlene Dahl.
Where is the surname Dahl most common?: Wikidata records people named Dahl in the United States.
Is the surname Dahl getting more or less common?: More common. 20,616 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,598 in 2010, up 4.8%.