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The surname Dahlen

A surname, carried by 1,999 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D450

Dahlen: #14,827 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dahlen #14,827, 1,999 people Dahlen: #14,827 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dahlen #14,827, 1,999 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dahlen is more common than 90.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,999 people named Dahlen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 154,450 Americans. That is down 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,061.

#14,827
rank among US surnames
1,999
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
-3%
change since 2000 (was #13,522)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,821Reigle2,001154,296
#14,824Stoneman2,000154,373
#14,827Caudell1,999154,450
#14,834Dames1,998154,527

Who is named Dahlen

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

94% of people named Dahlen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as two or more races and 1.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Two or more races 2.0%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dahlen

Dahlen has the Soundex code D450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D450.

Questions

How common is the surname Dahlen?
1,999 people in the United States had the surname Dahlen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 154,450 Americans. It ranked 14,827th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dahlen?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Dahlen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as two or more races.
Is the surname Dahlen getting more or less common?
Less common. 2,061 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,999 in 2010, down 3.0%.