# Dall (surname)

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

A surname. For example, William Healey Dall.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,579 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,745 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 195,532 people |
| Change since 2000 | -27.1% (2,167 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Etymologically unrelated to Dahl as in Roald Dahl?

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dall 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dall in the United States.

## People named Dall

- John Dall, actor (1920-1971)
- William Healey Dall, American malacologist, palaeontologist and explorer (1845 – 1927)
- Caroline Healey Dall, American feminist writer, transcendentalist and reformer (1822–1912)
- Bobby Dall, American bassist

## Similar surnames

Daly, Dale, Daley, Dahl, Deal, Dill, Daily, Dial, Doll, Dell, Diallo, Dull.

## 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.