# Dale (surname)

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

A surname from Middle English for someone living in a dale.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 29,757 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,188 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 10,376 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.6% (28,994 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /deɪl/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | Dayle |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dale 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) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dale in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Dale

- James Badge Dale, American actor
- Jim Dale, British actor, singer and songwriter
- Esther Dale, American actress (1885–1961)
- Virginia Dale, American actress (1917-1994)
- Grover Dale, American actor, dancer and choreographer
- Porter H. Dale, American politician (1867–1933)
- Richard Dale, American admiral (1756-1826)
- Benjamin Dale, British composer (1885–1943)

## Similar surnames

Dailey, Daly, Daley, Dahl, Deal, Daily, Dial, Dail, Dole, Dawley, Dall, Dahle.

## 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.