How common is the surname Dall?

1,579 people in the United States had the surname Dall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,532 Americans. It ranked 17,745th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dall?

John Dall, actor (1920-1971), followed by William Healey Dall.

Where is the surname Dall most common?

Wikidata records people named Dall in the United States.

Is the surname Dall getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,167 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,579 in 2010, down 27%.

The surname Dall

A surname, carried by 1,579 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). Dall is more common than 89.1% of them.

Origin

Etymologically unrelated to Dahl as in Roald Dahl?

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,579 people named Dall in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 195,532 Americans. That is down 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,167.

#17,745

rank among US surnames

1,579

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-27.1%

change since 2000 (was #12,971)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,745	Zacher	1,579	195,532
#17,752	Deo	1,578	195,656

Who is named Dall

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

90% of people named Dall identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dalls

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1963

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dall

Dall 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 Dall come from?: Etymologically unrelated to Dahl as in Roald Dahl?
How common is the surname Dall?: 1,579 people in the United States had the surname Dall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,532 Americans. It ranked 17,745th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dall?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Dall identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dall?: John Dall, actor (1920-1971), followed by William Healey Dall.
Where is the surname Dall most common?: Wikidata records people named Dall in the United States.
Is the surname Dall getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,167 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,579 in 2010, down 27%.